People who don't read much science fiction have a skewed view of what it is. The reality is sci fi introduces an enormous range of possibilities, and the future will indeed resemble science fiction in many ways, though no one novel will have all the answers, and many will be far off the mark.

Another good example, more pertinent to the topic of the Weinersmith's book, is the Red/Green/Blue Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson, in which the settlers revolted from a very similar kind of international bureaucratic authority as what they describe as the ideal. I'm a huge fan of international agreements and governing authorities like the UN for tackling the kinds of problems on Earth that no one country can effectively manage, but the reality is that, in time, the settlers on Mars will be much more capable of managing their affairs than any Earthbound authority would, and that that will eventually result in rebellion against such an authority.