More war. Not necessarily WW3 but an increase in the number of proxy type conflicts.
Let’s see… Major ones are
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Russia-Ukraine in Eastern Europe
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Israel-Hamas in the Middle East
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Civil war in Myanmar
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Azerbaijan-Armenia
Possible flashpoints are
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Taiwan-China (roping in the US)
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Russia-NATO (Poland or the Baltics)
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Iran-Israel (not entirely sure how that’ll work since they’re not directly adjacent)
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North Korea-South Korea
I see the world coalescing into two major axes of power: “the West” and Western aligned/allied nations comprising US/UK/EU/Australia/Israel/Japan/S. Korea on one side. Largely Democracies or Parliamentary systems.
On the other: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran. Largely Autocracies, and one Autocracy with Chinese Characteristics™. All four have beef to pick with Western countries. They might press their advantages if they see that Western support for each other wavers (Ukraine and Israel). We’re already seeing them warm in relations with each other (Putin/Kim visit, arms deals between Russia/China and Russia/N. Korea). They might form their own NATO style Bloc which would be stronger than the paper tiger that is the CIS. Combined, they may very well have the ability to split the West’s priorities if internal division is strong.
I think it’s going to get even more tense the further this decade goes on. The dice that is the US Presidential election may decide the next big moves of these nations.
Two big factions fighting at many points across the globe is called a world war though
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Hopefully a massive gamma-ray burst aimed directly at Earth.
Jesus is coming back. AND THIS TIME…IT’S PERSONAL!
I’m finally buying a house and moving with my wife to rural northern Japan, so I can only assume that it will burn down, fall over, and sink into a swamp.
On a more serious note, the US political situation will probably get a lot worse before (and if) it gets better. It still does affect me since I still have to file taxes, still am restricted in investing overseas (thanks, lack of US recognition of Japanese retirement vehicles and punitive policies meant to prevent people investing in certain foreign investments (PFICs)). I still also have investments in the US, qualify for social security when I retire (assuming it still has any money to pay out in another 20ish years), and family living in the US, some of whom I would like to visit again before they pass.
Wow you are a lucky man! Rural Japan
From my total and completely infallible knowledge of Japan learned from watching anime, this guy is going to be haunted by ghosts and have a bad time.
I’m gonna find my g spot, because there’s only so many places I can look.
where did you leave it
Switzerland will invade France, take hold of their nuclear arsenal and fire all of it at both poles, just for the lols.
Fist fights on national television in American congress.
Violent chaos in the US. One of three things will happen:
- The Supreme Court sides with the states that want to remove Trump from the ballot. Trump’s minions cry foul and lose their minds.
- Trump gets on the ballot but he loses to Biden again. Trump’s minions cry foul and lose their minds.
- Trump gets on the ballot and wins. Trump and the GOP take that as a mandate to govern with impunity, and run roughshod over the country.
Sure, violent chaos, but very localized. Even most right-wingers aren’t devoted to that tool.
The ones that are… they’ll be trouble, as you say.
I’d be willing to bet money they’re a lot less localized than you think.
The lack of snowpack in the US plus ocean temps that are already 6σ over historical averages are probably going to make for an “interesting” summer. As a result, I suspect crop failures are going to get a lot more coverage this year.
This is the real scenario, right here. Everyone is so focused on increased disaster occurrences that it feels like this is invisible - until its not. Last summer Alberta was under drought conditions, and overall crop yields were 67% of the 5-yr average.
Less and less snowpack means less and less water to deal with worse and worse drought conditions.
Also there’s a lot of political pressure disrupting farming too. Food could be a big problem this year.
Not to mention increased wildfire risk.
Actual aliens will land and just be like “y’all need to chill the fuck out.” And then quarantine the whole planet so we don’t fuck up the rest of the galaxy until we get our collective shit together.
You might be joking but a lot of indications are pointing at this. There has been a lot of buzz in the UAP community for the past three or four years and even some members of Congress are now starting to ask questions.
A congressman was interviewed a couple of days back and he was talking about a debriefing that he got from two Air force pilots that were flying just off the coast of Florida. They recently upgraded their radar systems and they’ve been detecting a lot of anomalies and have encountered craft that are behaving in ways that as of now we don’t consider possible. He said with no quibble in the interview that the US or other foreign Nations have no equivalents of these crafts.
Now whether we’re talking aliens, extra dimensional beings or non-human intelligence is anyone’s guess but something is coming down the pipeline.
Isn’t that more likely to be an artifact of the brand-new radar system? New systems always have bugs.
no no its aliens that flew across the galaxy and have nothing better to do than harass the locals
I think combat drones will go full autonomous this year, as a means of overcoming control signal jamming.
It will be limited-mission autonomy, and only as a capability not the default operational mode, but there will be a huge push to make the newest drones capable of continue the mission in the event of lost connection with their remote controller.
It will also be necessary because of the sheer numbers of drones involved in the Ukraine war. There simply won’t be enough pilots.
Obviously, autonomy already exists. Iron Dome operates autonomously, because attackers have the initiative, the robot is required for fast-enough response.
