Predict The Next 20 Years

[Salvarity]

2024- First manned mission to Luna begins. A Far-Right terrorist group blows up a mosque in Iowa. Is downplayed by the media.

This is a very specific prediction, why Iowa?

i wonder if thats what he plans on doing

[New Genoa]

Obama will be re-elected. The economy will suffer at least 2 or 3 more recessions. The US will be involved in at least 3 more conflicts. The poor will get poorer, and the rich will get richer. The Liberals of this era will become the Conservatives of the next.

Oh, and parachute pants will make a comeback.

Why will the poor get poorer?

Recessions tend to hit the poorest the hardest. And given the way politicians have been handling all these boom-and-bust recessions the past twenty years with no sign of improvement...well, I expect the trend to continue. Not to mention more and more people need to have a higher and higher level of education to get a decent paying job, while education costs just keep going up and up.

[-St George]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Um... in regards to your signature...

Funny how people raised in different nations describe the same thing differently.

I ran into a neighbor (American, born and raised) of mine and he says "where is your top hat?" I was like and he said "you look like Abraham Lincoln!"

I ran into my aunt (Soviet, born and raised) and she said "you look like a young Karl Marx."

Yeah, I'm bearding up.

Lol.

And yay.

[Grave_n_idle]

Obama will be re-elected. The economy will suffer at least 2 or 3 more recessions. The US will be involved in at least 3 more conflicts. The poor will get poorer, and the rich will get richer. The Liberals of this era will become the Conservatives of the next.

Oh, and parachute pants will make a comeback.

Why will the poor get poorer?

Because the trend is to increase the income inequality. Perhaps.

[Sibirsky]

Why will the poor get poorer?

Recessions tend to hit the poorest the hardest. And given the way politicians have been handling all these boom-and-bust recessions the past twenty years with no sign of improvement...well, I expect the trend to continue. Not to mention more and more people need to have a higher and higher level of education to get a decent paying job, while education costs just keep going up and up.

Ok. But during expansions, which are longer (usually) things improve for everyone. Including the poor.

Education is the next healthcare. Needs reform.

[Lessnt]

In the 1950's, you would have been one of those people who said there would be a nuclear holocaust, or that Communists would take over the U.S. government.

My prediction: shitty times, followed by shittier times. Dramatic rise in crime levels. Obama wins his next term. If things get really bad, more rioting. Things later improve.

Crappy times.
Crappy life.
More need for guns for self defense.
To combat the criminals most guns are banned save bolt action rifles.
People are angry.
Riots.
Another depression.
riots against banks and rating agencies....
Government bailout.
Attempted rebellion quickly squashed.
Lots and lots of protests.
Then finally things start to improve and everyone becomes more optimistic.

[Grave_n_idle]

Recessions tend to hit the poorest the hardest. And given the way politicians have been handling all these boom-and-bust recessions the past twenty years with no sign of improvement...well, I expect the trend to continue. Not to mention more and more people need to have a higher and higher level of education to get a decent paying job, while education costs just keep going up and up.

Ok. But during expansions, which are longer (usually) things improve for everyone. Including the poor.

Education is the next healthcare. Needs reform.

Healthcare is still 'the next healthcare'.

[Sibirsky]

Why will the poor get poorer?

Because the trend is to increase the income inequality. Perhaps.

But that does not necessarily mean the poor are getting poorer.

[Sibirsky]

Ok. But during expansions, which are longer (usually) things improve for everyone. Including the poor.

Education is the next healthcare. Needs reform.

Healthcare is still 'the next healthcare'.

I wasn't implying that healthcare reform is done. I'm trying to say that education is in need of reform, almost as badly.

[Grave_n_idle]

Because the trend is to increase the income inequality. Perhaps.

But that does not necessarily mean the poor are getting poorer.

Not necessarily, no. But in real terms, historically, that is what it's meaning.

Maybe that'll change...

[Sibirsky]

But that does not necessarily mean the poor are getting poorer.

Not necessarily, no. But in real terms, historically, that is what it's meaning.

Maybe that'll change...

You mean in relative terms. In relative terms that would be true. In real terms, maybe, maybe not.

[Sibirsky]

In the 1950's, you would have been one of those people who said there would be a nuclear holocaust, or that Communists would take over the U.S. government.

My prediction: shitty times, followed by shittier times. Dramatic rise in crime levels. Obama wins his next term. If things get really bad, more rioting. Things later improve.

Crappy times.
Crappy life.
More need for guns for self defense.
To combat the criminals most guns are banned save bolt action rifles.
People are angry.
Riots.
Another depression.
riots against banks and rating agencies....
Government bailout.
Attempted rebellion quickly squashed.
Lots and lots of protests.
Then finally things start to improve and everyone becomes more optimistic.

Hooray for optimism!

[Soviet Haaregrad]

Belarus joins Russia, Ukraine joins Russia, Russia changes their name to the Soviet Union, then applies for NATO membership to save themselves from Chinese aggression. The world is destroyed from 8 billion heads all exploding at once.

[Zebbstar]

In the 1950's, you would have been one of those people who said there would be a nuclear holocaust, or that Communists would take over the U.S. government.

My prediction: shitty times, followed by shittier times. Dramatic rise in crime levels. Obama wins his next term. If things get really bad, more rioting. Things later improve.

This, I believe the world is just going to get worse, Bleak times ahead

[Grave_n_idle]

Not necessarily, no. But in real terms, historically, that is what it's meaning.

Maybe that'll change...

You mean in relative terms. In relative terms that would be true. In real terms, maybe, maybe not.

No, I mean in real terms. If the value of your currency is less, and the cost of essentials is proportionally greater, you might be 'relatively' constant, but you're poorer in 'real' terms. Your dollar won't buy you breakfast like it would in '99, and you don't have more dollars.

[New Genoa]

Belarus joins Russia, Ukraine joins Russia, Russia changes their name to the Soviet Union, then applies for NATO membership to save themselves from Chinese aggression. The world is destroyed from 8 billion heads all exploding at once.

UN ambassador: Soviet Union, I thought you guys broke up?

Soviet ambassador: That's what we wanted you to think, muahahaha!

[Grainne Ni Malley]

Lots of people will be born, lots of people will die. Mass confusion will arise when the end of the world doesn't come as soon as they had expected/hoped. And a prostitute will become President of the US. Oh, wait...

[Jinos]

Sometime within the next 20 years :

- Obama Reelected
- GOP falls apart, moderate republicans try to create their own party and distance themselves from those fringe lunatics.
- New Quasi democratic governments spring up in the middle east
- Oil prices skyrocket
- Iranian revolution
- Isreal gets into a war
- America still in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Large scale riots begin about increasing wealth disparity in America

[Stychia]

The only sensible predictions in this thread are Obama re-elected, oil prices rising, China's bubble bursting and a lunar expedition in the 20's.

[Sremski okrug]

Belarus joins Russia, Ukraine joins Russia, Russia changes their name to the Soviet Union, then applies for NATO membership to save themselves from Chinese aggression. The world is destroyed from 8 billion heads all exploding at once.

UN ambassador: Soviet Union, I thought you guys broke up?

Soviet ambassador: That's what we wanted you to think, muahahaha!

What episode is that from?

[Wikipedia and Universe]

Within 20 years of this very moment, I will have at least one orgasm, likely more. I dare someone to challenge my prediction.

[Kragenmoor]

2020s
UFO sightings increase after USAF adopts new stealth bomber.
America's debt increases.
Foreign support for Israel decreases.
European Space Agency puts astronauts into space.
Colonel Gaddafi sneaks into US and founds Gaddafi Burgers.

2030s
Reductions in size of US military.
Iran is restored to a democracy.
New NASA space shuttle is launched.
China's economy is now larger than the US economy.
KFC sues Gaddafi Burgers for calling their mascot "The Colonel"

2040s
Men's rights decreased as feminist campaigns plague the globe.
Cuba has big party, they still exist no matter what the US has done.
Tax on tea is raised to incredible new levels, no one in America notices.
NASA attempts landing a person on Mars (failed metric to US unit conversion cause massive crash)

2050s
Russia with the assistance of the ESA lands joint European-Russian astronaut team on Mars.
United Kingdom cedes northern Ireland to Ireland.
Pornography industry now bigger than US economy.

2060s
I realize how old I am getting and have a mental breakdown.
Genetically modified gorilla damages many buildings in New York.
Iceland and Greenland join to create the Greater Frozen Republic.

The Future
Facebook establishes first colony on mars.

[-St George]

United Kingdom cedes northern Ireland to Ireland.

LOLWAT.

[Cresilia]

It's notoriously hard to make predictions of any meaning. Consider the following.

In 1900 London was the capital of the world. Europe ruled the eastern hemisphere. Europe was at peace, and enjoying unprecedented prosperity. European nations were interdependent on each other due to massive trade and investments. Very serious people claimed that war in Europe was no longer possible, due to the trade, investment and interdependence that has created. The most logical prediction of the time would be that a peaceful, prosperous Europe would rule the world.

Fast forward 20 years. Europe has been torn apart by what was thought to be impossible. Millions had died. The Austro-Hungarian, Russian, German and Ottoman empires were gone. The was ended when a million Americans intervened. The United States and Japan emerged as great powers. Russia was now dominated by socialism, and it was hard to tell if it could survive. The peace treaty imposed on Germany was a recipe for one very easy prediction. Germany would not emerge as a great military and economy power any time soon.

20 more years. Not only did Germany reemerge as a great power, it conquered France and dominated Europe. The Soviet Union, still socialist, survived and was allied with Nazi Germany. Great Britain stood alone against Germany. To any reasonable person, the war was over. Prediction? Germany would dominate Europe for the next century or more.

Fast forward another two decades. Germany had been crushed in that war. Europe was split between the US and the USSR. European empires were collapsing. The US, and the USSR were competing to become the next superpower. The US, dominated the oceans, and had a nuclear arsenal to annihilate anyone in a matter of hours. The cold war, was heating up.

Two more decades. The United States had just lost a seven year war. Not to the Soviet Union but to North Vietnam. It had been kicked out from Iran, and it's oil wells looked certain to fall into Soviet hands. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and occupied Kabul in just two days. It was surging, and the United States was in decline.

A couple of more decades. The surging Soviet Union has completely collapsed. China is now a capitalist nation. NATO has advanced it's reach into Eastern Europe.

I see where you got that from Sibirsky :/

[Sibirsky]

I see where you got that from Sibirsky :/

It's a good book. If only I'd read it.