Did Star Trek actually predict something that's going to happen in the next couple years?
Of course it is true that life has imitated the art of Star Trek in multiple small ways, often intentionally. Just to pick one example the flip phone was intentionally patterned after TOS communicators. I'm referring to something quite different and more serious. But it should also be noted that this Star Trek story has been retconned in a few ways. The latest one could actually be a scenario that will play out.
The Eugenics Wars, of which Kahn was a product, were originally supposed to be part and partial of World War III, taking place in the 1990's. TNG retconned that history. A few changes later, and current Trek has WWIII growing out of the Second American Civil War, which takes place in 2026. 2026.
Let's assume for a minute that Trump ends up in the whitehouse again and keeps acting the same way, and the far left manages to rally the type of support for taking up arms that we failed to rally for going to the polls. This could very easily lead to a second civil war. It's entirely possible.
Traveling faster than the speed of light on a ship with gravity and breathable air to visit planets where the natives look human and speak English, that is still hogwash. But Trump being in no small part responsible for WWIII? Yeah, it's still a stretch that a civil war here would lead to a world war, but not that much of a stretch. But Trump being the primary cause of at least one of those things? Very feasible.
The Eugenics Wars, of which Kahn was a product, were originally supposed to be part and partial of World War III, taking place in the 1990's. TNG retconned that history. A few changes later, and current Trek has WWIII growing out of the Second American Civil War, which takes place in 2026. 2026.
Let's assume for a minute that Trump ends up in the whitehouse again and keeps acting the same way, and the far left manages to rally the type of support for taking up arms that we failed to rally for going to the polls. This could very easily lead to a second civil war. It's entirely possible.
Traveling faster than the speed of light on a ship with gravity and breathable air to visit planets where the natives look human and speak English, that is still hogwash. But Trump being in no small part responsible for WWIII? Yeah, it's still a stretch that a civil war here would lead to a world war, but not that much of a stretch. But Trump being the primary cause of at least one of those things? Very feasible.