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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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    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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    • 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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    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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    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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    Trump will die and a new religious movement declaring him to be divine will gain a significant foothold among people who call themselves Christians in the US.

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      I think Trump’s loyalists are more after what he pretends to offer. As one uncle said, “He made me rich!” If you take away the potential earnings, there’s not much to the guy but bullshit. Like, he’s not even good looking enough to hang his portrait on a wall without getting tired of his face.

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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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    Famine around the world. Global political instability + climate change + economic downturn = food scarcity.

    A high profile political assassination in the US or Europe.

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      The first time a ceo or politician gets assassinated by drone-strike will cause some severe lockdown on those things.

      No matter what country it happens in.

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    Drone attacks and drone based spying will be huge and hobby drones will be highly restricted.

    As a casual drone enthusiast I’m already filling in all of my flying now because the free flying days seem to be numbered.

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        It already feels overdue considering drones are quite popular for drug drops, even directly to prisons. Once some big events happen like high profile assassination, terrorist attack ir even something menial it’ll be game over for free flying.

        Having a drone is such an eye opener tho and I really recommend getting one before it becomes too complicated to own one. Seeing your environment from 100 meters up is such a perspective change. Taking a drone on a road trip and thinking “I wonder what’s behind that boulder there” and actually being able to find out is a very grounding experience :)

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    Major roadblocks to piracy and porn in the US. Piracy will never be eliminated, but the barrier to entry will become too difficult for most folks. I’ve subsequently been hoarding all of the media I can get my hands on in case this happens - I refuse to pay for 20 streaming services just to watch movies and TV.

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      something I don’t understand about piracy is,
      if you torrent to get rid of centralization, why have all the torrents saved on one website that can be taken down? Wouldn’t it be better to have them all on a torrented .html file or sthm?