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[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Neo-luddism is definitely going to take off, but it's going to swing hard into reactionary protectionism like 19th century France. It will be derailed by hippie shit and craft market kitsch unless it's very intentionally tied to eco-socialist degrowth. It's Solar Punk Chobani Advertisement or Eternal Etsy Dropshipping with 2000s Hipster Aesthetics: which way western man?

[–] Castor_Troy@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

4, if you count Desert Fox billdawg

5 if u count the 2010s war against ISIS

[–] XxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

most of these are much too optimistic to actually be realistic. for example north korea will never be seen as a normal country by westerners. for that to happen the west as we know it would cease to exist, and there's no reason to hope for that any time soon

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 13 points 1 day ago

But we can still hope :')

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago

I like it except I feel like natural/climate disaster and AI does something stupid might as well be free spaces.

[–] Blep@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

Having climate disaster as a second free space is cheating

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

Iraq 2

Uhhhhhh

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago

Nothing ever happens high rollers club.

[–] Moss@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

US is already in a soft recession, natural/climate disaster is a given, China is already making inroads in soft power as of 2025 (REDnote explosion in early 2025, "I'm in a very Chinese time of my life" is a dumb meme but demonstrates that people are becoming a lot less hostile to China), AI agent does something unexpected is very vague, idk what "another deepseek moment" means. Of the ones that aren't a given, I think a social media exodus is actually very likely. I've seen a lot of pushback on social media and a big push to touch grass. It might not be an organized thing, but rather people quietly logging off.

The most unlikely is AR glasses becoming good. They will always be for dorks

[–] PolyethylenePt2@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

idk what "another deepseek moment" means

I think it means a moment where China reveals some AI/tech advancement that makes all the US tech companies completely shit themselves, like how DeepSeek crashed the US stock market

[–] Azarova@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

I've had something similar in my downloads for a while, dont remember where I picked it up though

[–] gingerbrat@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I love it Care-Comrade

Do you by chance have a non-brainrot version too?

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If by non-brainrot you mean a plain background I'll have a news bingo posted in the news mega in the next day or two

[–] gingerbrat@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

Yes that's what I meant, looking forward to it!

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

I too like losing bingo

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

my predictions

US Civil war

Maybe but not likely

sociallists get a few wins in midterms

possible, is a few is >= 2

Fusion energy breakthrough

Almost definite

Taiwan reunification war

maybe, imo it would be a proxy war where it's two factions in a civil war, backed by china and america

AR glasses become decent

100%, unless you mean the price

Socialist revolution in a 3rd world country

No shot. And if China provided any support, America would immediately declare war.

North Korea is seen as a normal country

Not even remotely possible

anti-AI protests

Yeah, probably. I think someone driving a truck into a datacenter is more likely

another deepseek moment

absolutely. Probably day 1.

self-improving AI

hahahahahaha no

iraq 2

iraq 2: iran

Major youtuber scandal

May as well be 'sky will be blue'

CEO [redacted]

yeah, probably. They seem prone to it lately.

Trump is no more

They will fuse him to a machine before they allow him to die

Japan and chile new lows

Certain

climate disaster

May as well be 'sky will be ~~blue~~' wait

peace in Ukraine

They'll run out of Ukrainians eventually

Massive Chinese soft power gains

hopium

US colonizes gaza

this is a fair 50/50 imo

social media exodus

Eh maybe

AI bubble pops

here-it-comes

AI agent does something unexpected

I think I need this one defined

first trillionaire

sadly probable

neuro-sama gets mainstream attention

jesse-wtf