There's a 2-part episode of Star Trek: Deep Space 9 that has Sisko and the gang go back to early 21st century Earth. The U.S.' economy has broken down. Unemployment is rampant. The government has no money to help the unemployed, so unemployed people and their families are rounded up and imprisoned in fenced-off slum areas of American cities, and left to fend for themselves.
Ever since I was 7 years old, I've wanted to be on Star Trek. The irony is that I'll get my wish in a few more years.
