America is the oldest democracy still standing, and it's about to turn 250. Does it make it 50 more years? Or does it split into two countries that can't agree on anything anymore — kind of like the Civil War, but slower?
It used to be that news and ideas had to pass through a few hands before they reached us — newspapers, schools, people whose job was to check if something was actually true. They weren't perfect, but they slowed things down. A crazy lie had to get past a few "wait, is that real?" checks before it spread.
The internet killed that. Now any story — true or fake — reaches millions in a second. And it's not that people are dumb. Smart people fall for fake stuff all the time. It's that nobody's checking anymore, and the apps reward the loudest, angriest, most made-up stuff.
So we get leaders who win by lying the loudest. That's not an accident. That's just what this system rewards now.
And here's the scary part. Back in 2016, it took a foreign government real money and effort to flood us with fake accounts and fake stories. Soon any kid with AI can do the same thing for free. More fakes. Better fakes. Endless fakes.
At this point, is the split already coming no matter what we do?
And maybe that's okay. Maybe this thing just ran its course. If we don't want the same things anymore, why keep fighting and stressing everyone out? Would two calmer countries really be worse than one that's always at war with itself?
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Of course it will make it to 300 years old.
50 years isn't that long and 1976 wasn't that long ago.
A new currency soon because paper dollars and digital bits are losing value every day but it will still be the same good ole USA.
What will change is taxes will go up to match the Canadian model of 15 percent tax on everything that is goods and services and the income tax is higher too.
Why? More poor people demanding medical and dental coverage by the government.
This will be done gradually because the anti tax people will fight tooth and nail.
If Canada doesn't turn around the USA might absorb Canada as a territory.
Oh and the astronauts landing on Mars thing will be big but other than what I said, the USA will be just fine.
You have to remember COVID lockdowns forced people to find hobbies and some of those nuts picked politics.
That's why you see so many deranged and dumb people marching with the Democrats.
In time the "political hobby" will go back to the way it was, boring and nobody cared.
2076 won't be much different, a few hologram innovations, Ai tech working the jobs, maybe basic universal income etc etc
@Bish saidCA, OR, and WA could make it on their own. They have resources and harbors. The rest of the country can go take a flying fronk at the moon.
America is the oldest democracy still standing, and it's about to turn 250. Does it make it 50 more years? Or does it split into two countries that can't agree on anything anymore — kind of like the Civil War, but slower?
It used to be that news and ideas had to pass through a few hands before they reached us — newspapers, schools, people whose job was to check if something w ...[text shortened]... everyone out? Would two calmer countries really be worse than one that's always at war with itself?
Good riddance.
Yeah, I know. The feeling’s probably mutual.