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| + Pelador | Sep 17 2015, 03:23 AM Post #1 |
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Opinions and thoughts on how our nations will develop or decline in the next 100 years. In my country I can see the British Monarchy ceasing to exist within the next fifty years. The reason is that the next generation doesn't seem to be interested in all the silly pomp and tradition. They are don't even come across as Royal. They just seem like regular people. So I can't seem them being interested in carrying it on. I also believe the House of Lords will be disbanded within the next twenty years. It will be a bit of a shame because there are a heck of a lot of decent people in there. However since the government keeps taking more and more power away from them then I can't see them continuing. That means we will probably have to have the much more corruptible senate system of other countries which I am not a fan of. Scotland and Wales will be independent nations. The Scottish National Party will begin another campaign to take Scotland out of the United Kingdom and this time they will get their way. Years later, Wales will follow, having become more and more fed up with how Westminster handles the country. At some point I expect to see Northern Ireland become one with the south too. The sectarian divide whilst still there is diminishing more and more. So the separate states will then be meaningless and they will merge. There might be a war with Russia but neither side will have the balls to use nuclear weapons. Instead the fighting will be restricted to naval warfare, covert ops and minor air raids meant to disrupt industry and demoralise people. But it won't be an all out war in my opinion. It will end after a few weeks with both signs suing for peace. Oh and the coastline might be a bit smaller due to rising sea levels and cliff sides washing away. |
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| + Ginyu | Sep 17 2015, 05:36 AM Post #2 |
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I can see monarchy ceasing to exist over here as well. People over here are starting to realize more and more how useless it is, and unlike in the UK over here the monarchy doesn't make us money, it costs us money. I can see left-wing parties rising a lot, we have way more right-wing parties in the Netherlands and right and left-wing people are starting to even out 50-50, less parties on one side means each part gets a bigger piece of the cake and left-wing parties come out on top. In my country not necessarily a good thing, we need a centrist government, we make radical decisions when our government is on one side of the spectrum. We will some day win the World Cup, I just know it. Zwarte Piet will have been banned from our traditional Sinterklaas festivity. It's incredible how people fail to see that It's a black person's stereotype and more and more people are starting to rally againt the character. Weed will have been completely legalized, not just in coffeeshops, coffeeshops arent working, people are finally starting to realize it and people will vote for a complete legalization. Atheism is going to boom. The new generation grew up in the Internet age, with info literally in their pocket, atheism will make a huge increase, perhaps it could even be the downfall of Christian political parties, since they're existence in unconstitutional. Feyenoord will have finally become champions of the the Netherlands again. Spoiler: click to toggle
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| Goddess Ultimecia | Sep 17 2015, 06:10 AM Post #3 |
 
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As the wealth gap increases in the U.S. more and more people become more and more fed up with politicians who are obviously in the pocket of their donors. I don't know if you guys watch John Oliver or Jon Stewart (did anyway) but it's almost so blatant that it's palpable and reeks. This could possibly lead to bigger riots and protests, we just need someone to relay the information in a way that'll drive people to do something about it. Atheism is on the rise here in the United States, with it now in double digit percentages iirc. It is expected to rise steadily before it drops off, so it's possible we might have our first openly Atheist president in I don't know how long, if we even had one. Also, we might get rid of some of our silly laws against Atheists in office. We also could see a decrease in the popularity of the Republican Party given how many of them (the ones that run for President etc.) seem to want to appeal to fringe and simple plans that barely have any depth if any at all. That said, this country is notorious for religious revivals. So I wouldn't expect people to keep Atheist/Religiously Unaffiliated, this time around though, it might be Islam that makes its surgence, given how it is the fastest growing Religion in the United States. I don't know if anyone else feels like this either, but I think the politicians here are extremely disconnected to the people. I'm not saying the common folk are going to go killing politicians on the regular, but if it keeps going the way it is I doubt we'll be voting for politicians anymore. We already have absurdly low turnout numbers state-wide across the nation and it seems to be getting lower (iirc, some states have less than 20% of their able to vote voting, with the average being around 25-30% across the nation) Edit: The Republican Party might just flip-flop their stances as time goes on, it wouldn't be the first time the Democrats and Republicans have done that. Edited by Goddess Ultimecia, Sep 17 2015, 06:11 AM.
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| Zoom | Sep 17 2015, 02:11 PM Post #4 |
 
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First up, I don't think atheism is the right word to describe logically thinking people. In 100 years, if we are still alive, we might be under the Chinese rule or the Muslims. |
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| lazerbem | Sep 17 2015, 05:15 PM Post #5 |
 
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Why Muslim rule? Are you suggesting that an Arab nation has the ability conquer the US? China I can see happening, not so much the Arab nations(or whichever other Muslim nation you mean). |
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| + Ginyu | Sep 17 2015, 05:50 PM Post #6 |
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Muslim rule? There is no way in hell. Besides, why are atheists not logically thinking people? I will argue any day that atheists are generally thinking more logical than people who follow any religion. |
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| lazerbem | Sep 17 2015, 11:21 PM Post #7 |
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You know, it's funny you bring that up. I got the impression that he was implying that athetists ARE logically thinking people and that calling themselves atheists was the wrong way to describe it. Perception matters |
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| Zoom | Sep 18 2015, 01:16 AM Post #8 |
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The keyword i used was in 100 years. Truthfully i don't even know China has what is takes, but in 100 years who knows. Would America crumble under it's own weight of financial depression? Would someone find a way to dismantle the U.S from the inside? Who knows... my money is that within that time there would be another world war.
Why is it so hard for you believe that? In the medieval times, Baghdad was the center of trade and knowledge (obviously with the help of Greek, Indians and Chinese knowledge beforehand). All it really takes is science, math and money, and you can change the world. Edited by Zoom, Sep 18 2015, 01:21 AM.
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| + Pelador | Sep 18 2015, 01:25 AM Post #9 |
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Religion is in decline everywhere. Every generation is more moderate and less dedicated to it than the last. Even Islam. So no I don't think we will see any muslim takeover. On the contrary I think we will see much more agnosticism and atheism. Not just in America but everywhere. Especially if the stronger middle eastern nations collapse. Completely plausible since they only exist as they are due to oil. In 100 years when it's all gone, they're going to have to go back to pearl diving and spice trading. |
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| Zoom | Sep 18 2015, 01:30 AM Post #10 |
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Islam has survived the attacks from the crusades. Anyway my point was I just hope people don't get too complacent. I always liked this motto, prepare for the worst and hope for the best. |
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| + Ginyu | Sep 18 2015, 05:50 AM Post #11 |
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Were really talking about medieval times? I guess America will cease to exist, Mongolia is going to take over Russia, Rome will start its own empire and take over Europe and Africa, Norway is going to take over Scotland and Iceland, The Netherlands are going back into slave trading, I bet France will re-introduce a monarchy, And of course, WWIII with Nuclear Powered Evil Nazi Robots. You can't compare medieval times to the present. Baghdad is a s***hole, the Middle East is becoming a s***hole of either strict sharia law, extremist muslim terrorism or oligarchies. Where the Middle East used to be the center of trade and knowledge it ks now the center of horror and examples of what it is exactly that we should not be doing. |
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| Zoom | Sep 21 2015, 02:23 AM Post #12 |
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Are you taking this personal? You seem pretty pissed off. |
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| + Ginyu | Sep 21 2015, 05:11 AM Post #13 |
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I'm nit pissed off, I was making a point. Don't know why I seem pissed off to you. No caps lock, no exclamation marks. I just used the word s***hole twice. |
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