• SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Humanity globally shifts to an economic system of guarantees instead of our current extortional approach as we aknowledge we are already in a post scarcity world and work to fix distribution chains of human needs.

    Either that or the corporate elites start a literal apocalypse so they don’t have to work a fucking job like the rest of us.

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    USA brain drain. Seriously, most of my friends in academia are trying to GTFO because they know they’re lucky to have the credentials and money to do it.

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    Traumatized Ukrainian “terrorists”.

    You’ve fought s brutal war only to be sold out by your allies. Do you really just go home?

    Most will. But a few will take the fight into Russian territory and use insurgent tactics.

    The media will call them terrorists.

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    World War 3.

    But it won’t be a nuclear war that ends the world. (un?)fortunately. – Nuclear war doesn’t benefit the elites – Instead it will be a jillion proxy skirmishes all over the developing world, as countries get puppeteered by Russia/China/USA into fighting their battles, and said countries get ‘support’ in the form of weapons and training that will breed a whole new generation of extremist regimes and terrorists.

    In the end, we’ll be back to the same ol’ same ol’ – Life gets shittier for everyone in a gradual, painful, tedious way.

    1984 with just a hint of Wall-E.

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    • dollar devalues by 90% compared to present value
    • wages so low / cost of living so high that people can’t pay for bread with their wages, making subsidies / universal basic income a necessity.
    • US goes on the brink of a civil war before the rich agree to pay for said subsidies, probably some people die because of it.
    • US slides into a mixture of tech-authoritarianism/fascism
    • martian settlement/research makes surprisingly fast progress, with wide bi-partisan support because people realize it’s actually a good idea for everyone, creating demand for human labor and driving up the wages.
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    A Tsunami of unprecedented size will completely destroy a coastal metropolis.
    A heat wave in the middle east will leave hundreds dead in the first recorded wet bulb event.
    In September 2035, the Arctic will be completely ice-free for the very first time, 15 years ahead of predictions.
    Around that time, the first commercial shipping route along the north-western passage will open.
    One of the first container ships will run onto a naval mine and sink, killing all hands. Russia will deny any involvement.

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    we follow the trajectory of Nazi Germany

    only THIS time, America will NOT be sweeping in to save the day. there IS no one to save the day this time.

    so imprisonment and death for millions…and a world war. if we are very lucky , there might be an after…but then again…maybe not.

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      China has the manufacturing capacity and manpower to challenge the increasingly inefficient American military in a protracted war of attrition. Assuming the nukes don’t drop.

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    2008 was known for the Great Bush recession.

    2025 will be known for the Great MuskRat Depression that Trumped all other depressions.

    This time though the U.S. will feel the brunt

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      Great Bush recession

      I’ve literally never heard it called that, is this a non-US term? I’ve heard “great financial crisis”, “great recession”, or “housing crash” before.

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        I just call it what it is. All those you say are attributed to the president’s policies.

        So maybe I’m also calling that too.

        I’ve heard the Bush recession a few. I’ve also heard it called the Obama recession from some obvious bootlickers trying to rewrite history but that don’t make sense since Obama administration reversed it.

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    Following the path of other regimes around the world, the USA builds their own “great firewall”, segmenting most people here away from the global internet. At around the same time, personal VPNs become explicitly illegal. We might also see the government seize control of at least one certificate registrar, if they don’t fire up their own, thereby “owning” TLS online.

    On the upside, there’s a chance we will see more grass-roots efforts to reboot a lot of institutions that were co-opted by the rich. You’re just never going to hear about that through conventional channels. For instance: local newspapers with real journalism behind them. Or more small businesses with the intent to last, rather than sell. It’s possible that more of those things will be co-ops, union shops, or even Mondragon inspired. Either way, there’s a path forward for more community, real communication, and eventual prosperity, provided folks keep their heads and take things offline where necessary.

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    I personally aerosolize psychedelic drugs over Washington D.C. This melts the rotting meat suits off the mantids and lizards.

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    The United States will no longer be a member of NATO or the United Nations or both. The US is being labeled as an adversary by Germany, so in 10 years, the United States may very well lose half of it’s allies because of these 4 years we’re enduring.

    Russia could still lose it’s war with Ukraine and may have lost because of the combined efforts of the EU since the US 10 years ago (accounting the time scale) has abandoned Ukraine. Russia and the United States could very well be allies by this point which would make the world arm themselves since we’re seeing countries retaliate in trade wars.

    Inflation in 10 years will be the new norm because no politician, Democrat or Republican, can’t ever get their marbles of a grasp on holding corporations accountable.

    Speaking of Corporations, in 10 years, they would’ve sucked dry and owned well over every important asset, service and many acquisitions along the way. We would have to make the term ‘Megacorp’ to identify these corporations by.

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      I choose to interpret this as “Barely a handful of people survived WW3, and only because they were protected from the radiation deep in their basement server rooms.” (No hate, I heart less than three 🐧)