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When the 21st century began on January 1, 2000, at that time, most people around the world felt that peace would finally happen around the world. We were in the seventh year of the Clinton/Gore administration. The U.S. economy was booming, even for those who were low-income. The U.S. had ended an intervention in Yugoslavia, helped by NATO. The 21st century so far has had it's twists and turns, from the controversial 2000 U.S. presidential election (Bush vs. Gore vs. Nader), the 9/11 attacks, Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, economic recession, poverty, crime, the election of Barack Obama (2008, 2012) and deep political polarization world wide with race, etc. What did you think the 21st century would be like sixteen years from now? Do you approve of how things are today in 2015 heading into 2016?
Most Americans don't even have enough money saved for one week's of expenses, so I doubt that many people possessed the foresight to envision as far ahead as the year 2016 during the millennial new year.
I can say that I wanted a hoverboard as promised in Back to the Future, but of course that was a major let down.
I figured not much would change on the world stage and apart from annoying Islamic terrorism it hasn't. Cars would get more awesome but I didn't expect cell phones (every child and grandma now has one) and the Internet to come to such dominance.
I mostly hoped for personal things to happen. Some have, some haven't. I hoped gay marriage would become legal, that happened. A new year is coming, you never know what can happen.
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A new year is coming, you never know what can happen.
