Here's a thread for predictions.
1. America will be humbled. Again and again.
Believe it or not, folks, America is very divided. Until we have
a charismatic leader that will unite all sides, we will continue
to have close elections. But each time, Americans will
reconsider their unilateralism, their going-it-alone approach
will subside in the face of a very hostile world.
This is natural, because for every force there arises an
opposite and equal force. And so on.
2. The trends towards unity and separation will continue.
The trends toward unity comes in different guises. One is the EU.
Another is China's strong drive to take over Taiwan AND keep
the different provinces like Tibet and Sinkiang under their thumb.
Russia will recombine with Moldavia to change its constitution
for Putin to go another term.
The trends toward separation will be people like the Kurds, the Scottish homerule parliament, Canada's separationists talks, but semi-autonomous regions like Nunavaat will develope in other
countries as well.
3. World free trade will continue to hurt the socialistic belief
that people are entitled to some economic security.
4. Venezuela under Chavez will continue to have 2 countervailing tendencies. The outside business world will only seek to
invest in that country IF Chavez offers some guarantee of
stability and safety of ownership while he seeks to help his
people. These 2 things may end up at war with each other or
achieve some sort of compromise. It will all depend on
this charismatic leader's ability to allow an honest thriving
opposition party. And it will depend upon America staying out
of it. Perhaps America's greatest strategy would be to
apologize and offer assistance.
5. The trend of mankind is to create a more perfect human
being. We want to get rid of our inefficiency. We want to
get rid of our negative emotions. We know how this hurts us.
And so we make all sorts of rules to force this issue.
And in doing so, we willingly limit our own freedom.
And we will create the technology that will create a new
human race that has lost all of our badness ---in other words, a
very efficient organic, organized, thinking robot.
1. America will be humbled. Again and again.
Believe it or not, folks, America is very divided. Until we have
a charismatic leader that will unite all sides, we will continue
to have close elections. But each time, Americans will
reconsider their unilateralism, their going-it-alone approach
will subside in the face of a very hostile world.
This is natural, because for every force there arises an
opposite and equal force. And so on.
2. The trends towards unity and separation will continue.
The trends toward unity comes in different guises. One is the EU.
Another is China's strong drive to take over Taiwan AND keep
the different provinces like Tibet and Sinkiang under their thumb.
Russia will recombine with Moldavia to change its constitution
for Putin to go another term.
The trends toward separation will be people like the Kurds, the Scottish homerule parliament, Canada's separationists talks, but semi-autonomous regions like Nunavaat will develope in other
countries as well.
3. World free trade will continue to hurt the socialistic belief
that people are entitled to some economic security.
4. Venezuela under Chavez will continue to have 2 countervailing tendencies. The outside business world will only seek to
invest in that country IF Chavez offers some guarantee of
stability and safety of ownership while he seeks to help his
people. These 2 things may end up at war with each other or
achieve some sort of compromise. It will all depend on
this charismatic leader's ability to allow an honest thriving
opposition party. And it will depend upon America staying out
of it. Perhaps America's greatest strategy would be to
apologize and offer assistance.
5. The trend of mankind is to create a more perfect human
being. We want to get rid of our inefficiency. We want to
get rid of our negative emotions. We know how this hurts us.
And so we make all sorts of rules to force this issue.
And in doing so, we willingly limit our own freedom.
And we will create the technology that will create a new
human race that has lost all of our badness ---in other words, a
very efficient organic, organized, thinking robot.