In \u201cA Christmas Carol,\u201d Charles Dickens introduced a plot device of having his protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge \u201ceducated\u201d by three spirits; the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come.\u00a0 Each of these entities showed Scrooge the reality of these time periods in his life and how his descent into brutal miserliness and heartlessness had negatively impacted both himself and those around him spiritually and physically.\u00a0 And since over time the damage done by and to Scrooge was cumulative the future was of course the bleakest picture and promised the complete destruction of Scrooge\u2019s immortal soul.<\/p>\n
Well, A Christmas Carol has nothing to do with the future of America except inasmuch as both concern a once promising entity straying from the path of reason and virtue and slowly degenerating into an evil shadow of its former self.\u00a0 But hey, it\u2019s 9pm and I have to go with what comes to the surface.\u00a0 So, let\u2019s give this a rattle.<\/p>\n
How about we look at what will happen if we continue on the path we\u2019re currently on.\u00a0 Well then, let\u2019s start with the 2024 election.\u00a0 Let\u2019s assume that either because the current voting population prefers the Democrats or because voter fraud is used effectively by them, Joe Biden or someone else from the Evil Party is elected to the presidency.<\/p>\n
That will effectively seal the end of the Constitutional rule of law at the federal level.\u00a0 Undoubtedly, by 2028 the administrative state will dismantle all of the Bill of Rights as they apply to federal rule.<\/p>\n
We will see the increased use of kangaroo courts and juries to punish Republican voters and congressional representatives whenever they get in the way.\u00a0 And I would not be surprised if by then they pack the Supreme Court to curtail things like Freedom of Speech and Religion and the Right to Bear Arms.\u00a0 All these things are already being put forward as part of the Democrat agenda.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m also assuming they will continue to expand the \u201cgreen agenda\u201d and fossil fuel for home heating and transportation will be increasingly difficult to afford or even obtain.\u00a0 This will effectively limit the amount of freedom of movement that the average American will have.\u00a0 Instead of jumping in your car and taking the family a couple of states over for a camping trip or sightseeing holiday, everything will be mediated through mass transit.\u00a0 Travel by bus or train will become common.\u00a0 If the crackdown on fossil fuels has moved far enough along airplanes may no longer be a common means of transportation except for the truly wealthy.<\/p>\n
By 2028 the effect of uncontrolled immigration will have had a truly profound effect on the American landscape.\u00a0 All large cities will resemble the third world with homeless encampments and shanty towns making them chaotic, crime ridden and subject to outbreaks of various dangerous communicable diseases.\u00a0 Policing of these jurisdictions will be under the authority of federal law enforcement and no local law enforcement will be allowed to prosecute non-citizens without permission.<\/p>\n
Digital currency will replace paper.\u00a0 Which will probably be a necessity since inflation would make carrying paper money difficult.\u00a0 And speaking of inflation, it will be brutal.\u00a0 Price controls will be introduced but the quality of products will become problematic and a great premium will be placed on things that actually work and commodities like food products that aren\u2019t greatly adulterated.<\/p>\n
Foreign relations will not be too good.\u00a0 I foresee a sort of 1984-like relationship between several large antagonistic alliance systems.\u00a0 Between wars, guerilla wars and insurgencies peace will be a scarce commodity.\u00a0 And military service will be mandatory.<\/p>\n
Population growth, other than immigration will disappear.\u00a0 The share of native-born Americans will decrease rapidly due to the very high cost of living and anti-family propaganda.\u00a0 American culture will become increasingly debased and what passes for mass entertainment will be geared toward morons.<\/p>\n
The government will apply greater and greater resources to propaganda and pharmaceuticals that encourage euthanasia for anyone who isn\u2019t happy.\u00a0 And short-term incentives will be used to encourage this process, like a sumptuous last meal.<\/p>\n
So, like the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come I have a very bleak vision for us of the future.\u00a0 Now granted this is a worst-case scenario but I don\u2019t think I extrapolated very much at all.\u00a0 All these things are already happening.\u00a0 I\u2019ve just brought them to their inevitable conclusions.<\/p>\n
So sorry for the downer.\u00a0 Tomorrow, I give an alternative that is based on a less drastic but still possible future.\u00a0 Ho, ho, ho.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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