on this day: the Bell riots

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In fictional Star Trek history, the Bell riots began on Earth on 2024 September 01. It is such an important date in Star Trek history that even Space.com offered this timely story of the fictional event. For those who are less familiar with Star Trek, this 50-second clip from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Past Tense" (aired 1995) introduces the topic:

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If you have 11 minutes to spare, then this YouTube piece does a better job explaining the context and significance of the Bell riots. The main takeaway, however, is this:

• A key doom-and-gloom low point of Star Trek history, where the unemployed and homeless are kept housed in separate Sanctuary Districts for poor people, is still a better utopian vision than our current USA reality.

The disconnect here reminds of me of that famous JFK quote from 1962, "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."