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> I see something dramatic happening in the next 15 years as wages stagnate, inflation rises and wealth is concentrated in the top .1% of the worlds population.

by tjr225 8y ago

> I see something dramatic happening in the next 15 years as wages stagnate, inflation rises and wealth is concentrated in the top .1% of the worlds population. I'm really not trying to be on the attack here, but this kind of vague melodrama is pervasive on the internet and is really exhausting.

tudelo 8y ago
I mean, there is a pretty good chance that something dramatic will happen within a 15 year timespan given any time. Just depends on what you define as dramatic (9/11? WWI? WWII?). So, it is kind of an obtuse statement.
musage 8y ago
Dramatic things already happen for those reasons every day. Being numbed to them happening to someone else doesn't reduce that actual drama that the current victims of it suffer through. These things pervasive on the internet, just like the are in the writings of many greats I can think of, because thank God some people still care; if that is exhausting to you, become a better person and start caring, try to step in the road and get run over, or get out of the way.
wonderwonder 8y ago
How Dare You! Just kidding, I was a little vague so I will layout what I think could happen, all just my opinion. We are living in an age of both ever increasing wealth disparity and information. I believe that this wealth disparity and globalization have contributed to stagnating wages for the working class in the US and Europe which in turn has given rise to the current wave of populism (Trump, Brexit etc.). Populism often focus' on casting blame on those different from the majority, in this time frame refugees and immigrants serve as the scapegoat. In third world countries labor is increasingly dedicated to working in factories on subsistence wages to build things for the wealthy that control the means of production. I take a Marxist approach on world politics in that I believe the primary driver of conflict and power is class as opposed to States / Nations. (Note: I have no interest in communism) Historically these circumstances have led to major upheavals such as the French Revolution, the multiple populist waves that have swept Latin America and the rise of the Nazi Party. So essentially I am predicting a major wave of social unrest on a much larger scale than we have seen recently with the Arab Spring being a precursor. Of course I could be totally wrong.
- tjr225 8y ago
  There's nothing you or I could do about it in any case - other than to put your best foot forward as a global citizen and be as good of a friend and family member as you can, so why stress out about it? I don't necessarily disagree with you, but it's just kind of dull...catastrophic stuff is happening as we speak...

by tjr225 8y ago

tudelo 8y ago

I mean, there is a pretty good chance that something dramatic will happen within a 15 year timespan given any time. Just depends on what you define as dramatic (9/11? WWI? WWII?). So, it is kind of an obtuse statement.

musage 8y ago

Dramatic things already happen for those reasons every day. Being numbed to them happening to someone else doesn't reduce that actual drama that the current victims of it suffer through. These things pervasive on the internet, just like the are in the writings of many greats I can think of, because thank God some people still care; if that is exhausting to you, become a better person and start caring, try to step in the road and get run over, or get out of the way.

wonderwonder 8y ago

How Dare You! Just kidding, I was a little vague so I will layout what I think could happen, all just my opinion. We are living in an age of both ever increasing wealth disparity and information. I believe that this wealth disparity and globalization have contributed to stagnating wages for the working class in the US and Europe which in turn has given rise to the current wave of populism (Trump, Brexit etc.). Populism often focus' on casting blame on those different from the majority, in this time frame refugees and immigrants serve as the scapegoat. In third world countries labor is increasingly dedicated to working in factories on subsistence wages to build things for the wealthy that control the means of production. I take a Marxist approach on world politics in that I believe the primary driver of conflict and power is class as opposed to States / Nations. (Note: I have no interest in communism) Historically these circumstances have led to major upheavals such as the French Revolution, the multiple populist waves that have swept Latin America and the rise of the Nazi Party. So essentially I am predicting a major wave of social unrest on a much larger scale than we have seen recently with the Arab Spring being a precursor. Of course I could be totally wrong.

tjr225 8y ago
There's nothing you or I could do about it in any case - other than to put your best foot forward as a global citizen and be as good of a friend and family member as you can, so why stress out about it? I don't necessarily disagree with you, but it's just kind of dull...catastrophic stuff is happening as we speak...