A few predictions for the next 50 years

I never said I wanted to kill 5 billion people...I said the earth would be a much better place with a sigificantly smaller human population....and it would.

You are wrong about the overpopulation thing and I'm not going to spend the next several hours typing 10,000 words and posting a hundred links proving it but the earth can no longer sustain the American lifestyle for America...much less China, India, Brazil, and everyone else that now wants it....we are all in serious trouble.

I'll also argue that all the other forms of life that share our planet have a right to be here also without us apprpriating every single resource there is.

want to add to my prediction that in the year 2050 to 60 the business language will shift from english to chinese many seeing this will coax their children to learn it as a second language

so speaks Bastardamus

Originally posted by The Dark Cloud
I never said I wanted to kill 5 billion people...I said the earth would be a much better place with a sigificantly smaller human population....and it would.

You are wrong about the overpopulation thing and I'm not going to spend the next several hours typing 10,000 words and posting a hundred links proving it but the earth can no longer sustain the American lifestyle for America...much less China, India, Brazil, and everyone else that now wants it....we are all in serious trouble.

I'll also argue that all the other forms of life that share our planet have a right to be here also without us apprpriating every single resource there is.

Fair enough.

So I'm wrong, yet you can't be bothered. Okay. Though you go on to [somewhat] support what I said, it's "lifestyles", ie practices that are the problem, not just 'X' amount of people. Change the 'lifestyles', you fix the problem.

Agreed, which is why I'm for being sensible about how 'we' use resources and such, control pollution etc.

Originally posted by The Dark Cloud
I never said I wanted to kill 5 billion people...I said the earth would be a much better place with a sigificantly smaller human population....and it would.

You are wrong about the overpopulation thing and I'm not going to spend the next several hours typing 10,000 words and posting a hundred links proving it but the earth can no longer sustain the American lifestyle for America...much less China, India, Brazil, and everyone else that now wants it....we are all in serious trouble.

So which is it? The population size or the population's lifestyle?

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
So which is it? The population size or the population's lifestyle?

Human nature being what it is.....it's the population size.

Originally posted by Deano
yes that is why there is a plan to create a one world government and to reduce the world population by 80%. the people who control this planet are not stupid and they have there goals in sight

Originally posted by King Kandy
Society is a construct of individuals. It has no power to control anyone as long as people empower themselves over society.

But why do only those with money and to a lesser extant those who control religion have all the power? Democracy is a farce.

Originally posted by King Kandy
Society is a construct of individuals. It has no power to control anyone as long as people empower themselves over society.

My buddies and I beg to differ. *hefts club*

Originally posted by King Kandy
Society is a construct of individuals. It has no power to control anyone as long as people empower themselves over society.

...that's nonsense.

Originally posted by King Kandy
Society is a construct of individuals. It has no power to control anyone as long as people empower themselves over society.

Kandy lives in a dream world filled with kush.

I predict that ppl realized the ipad is nothing but a big iphone and it becomes obsolete.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
Kandy lives in a dream world filled with kush.

can you blame him though?

Originally posted by 753
you mean provided everyone including cops rebel against it in the same or ast least compatible fashions

Originally posted by 753
you mean provided everyone including cops rebel against it in the same or ast least compatible fashions

Mao would call it the "fish" and the "sea"

the revolutionary "fish" need to move in the "sea" of the general population so that they can remain unseen, so the "sea" must at least tacitly support the "fish"

I don't think there would need to be a majority of "fish" though, and in cases like the American Revolution, they certainly were not

Originally posted by inimalist
Mao would call it the "fish" and the "sea"

the revolutionary "fish" need to move in the "sea" of the general population so that they can remain unseen, so the "sea" must at least tacitly support the "fish"

I don't think there would need to be a majority of "fish" though, and in cases like the American Revolution, they certainly were not

Originally posted by King Kandy
I predict Marijuana will be entirely legalized in the US within 50 years. I'd be surprised if it took that long, actually.

Back in the 70s many thought Marijuana would be legal by the 90s or 2000. We are long past that and the one state that did once have legal MJ, Alaska, made it illegal in 1990, under heavy pressure from the federal government. Now the feds are targeting medical Marijuana states and I wouldn't be surprised to see that go away in the next few years. They can always use extortion like they did with the drinking age and the legal intoxication limit.

Likewise the one state that does have some form of legal prostitution, Nevada (in some rural counties), will likely do away with that soon.

Sadly, in many ways this country is regressing

I disagree. With delaware we now have 16 medical states, and many more on ballots next year... the number of states considering bills removing their medical, is far less.

Originally posted by King Kandy
I disagree. With delaware we now have 16 medical states, and many more on ballots next year... the number of states considering bills removing their medical, is far less.

It isn't the states or voters wanting to get rid of it....it's the federal government forcing the issue. In the past the feds basically haven't gotten involved much beyond verbal rhetoric but now they're starting to step things up. If they start denying states federal monies (as they did with the drinking age and legal intoxication limit) unless the states overturn their medical MJ laws then just watch how fast the states quickly fall in line.

Is it right? Hell no, but uness there is mass public outcry at the national level, and I don't see that happening, against the feds here I fear the progress that has been made will be erased.

Another thing is the public's attitude about it. I live in Nevada which has had medical MJ since 2000. Twice in the last ten years it made it to ballot referendum to fully legalize it. One in 2002 would have legalized up to 3 ounces. One in 2006 would have legalized up to an ounce. Both failed by fairly large margins and this in a state with casinos everywhere, 24 hour booze, and legal prostitution in rural counties (though I fear the days of this are numbered).
The public still believes it's bad for the most part, and even if they didn't right now most voters are far more concerned about the economy to even make this an issue.

I welcome the feds to do that, because that would force a confrontation on the issue, and finally get it into the public attention.

Cali came close last year to legalizing it and with measures in Oregon and Washington coming up I think both have a strong chance of passing. I think in 2012 we could see a fully legal state.