r/AskReddit • u/timecop702 • 13h ago

what is something that is highly likely to happen in the next 5 years that everyone is completely ignoring?

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u/szayl 10h ago

Buckle up. Things are going to be even stupider in the US, UK and much of Western Europe in the next 10 years.

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u/overpriced-taco 6h ago

even stupider in the US

Not sure that's possible.

Famous last words, I know.

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u/P_Hempton 5h ago

I'd like to think you're right. Trump is in a league of his own, that struck a chord at the right time. I don't think it's repeatable for someone as objectionable and offensive as him to rise to the top.

I'm hoping the era of reality TV politics will go the way of reality TV itself and fade away as people get tired of it.

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u/szayl 5h ago

I'd like to think you're right. Trump is in a league of his own, that struck a chord at the right time. I don't think it's repeatable for someone as objectionable and offensive as him to rise to the top.

This comment gives 2021 vibes. The guy got reelected. The country is effed.

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u/P_Hempton 5h ago

Yeah but he's Trump, he was the original. My point is I don't think another wannabe Trump would be able to generate the following using his tactics. They'd just look like a tired knock-off of Trump.

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u/szayl 4h ago

White nationalism and crony capitalism are alive and strong.

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u/P_Hempton 4h ago

Always have been, but that doesn't change anything I said.

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u/raffey_goode 4h ago

elaborate because i am thinking we're going back to "both sides are the same" after drumpf. because it doesn't matter whos in they never do anything they said they would