They'd thought the enemy would be oppressive governments and political regimes
Just like we can never accuratly predict where technology is going or what its effects will be, we will never be able to predict where society will go. It's true that communisim or dictatorships aren't as big a worry as in earlier years, but we do have to worry about corporate power.
Still, as year 2000 is almost upon me (20:30 ET) I can't help but think that as a species we haven't done a bad job. We are definatly not perfect, and we keep making the same mistakes over and over again, but we've come a long way. I am currently reading Daniel J. Boorstin's The Discoverers - a great read that has shown me how much humans have created and that we take most of it for granted.
The future will be different, but probably better (Score:1)
Just like we can never accuratly predict where technology is going or what its effects will be, we will never be able to predict where society will go. It's true that communisim or dictatorships aren't as big a worry as in earlier years, but we do have to worry about corporate power.
Still, as year 2000 is almost upon me (20:30 ET) I can't help but think that as a species we haven't done a bad job. We are definatly not perfect, and we keep making the same mistakes over and over again, but we've come a long way. I am currently reading Daniel J. Boorstin's The Discoverers - a great read that has shown me how much humans have created and that we take most of it for granted.