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What will be the political issue of 2066?

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It's no secret that the political issues of today were not the political issues 50 years ago. Back then, the biggest political issues were civil rights (even though the CRA passed 5 years prior) and limiting soviet aggression while preventing a third world war. Here's what I think.

Here's how some of our political issues will change in the next half century:

1. The war on drugs will be over, our incarceration rate will hit normal levels, and private prisons will be abolished. Recreational pot will be legal in every state except in the bible belt or Utah while its medical counterpart will be legal in every state that isn't Utah.

2. Gay rights and transgenderism will both be viewed almost unanimously as a civil right.

3. terrorism will be less of an issue

4. the US will likely have some form of universal healthcare, most likely a multi payer system similar to Germany's.

5. abortions which kill unborn babies will be a thing of the past. Pills which keep men from fertilizing women will help prevent more unwanted pregnancies and there will be technology which keeps babies alive possibly even during the first trimester

6. if an alternative fuel source isn't found by 2066 then it will be an even bigger discussion as oil will likely have hit its peak in 2030.

7. the supreme court will likely rule the death penalty as a violation of the eighth.

8. euthanasia will become legal in more states and thus become a bigger issue



And here will be the new issues:

1. The national popular vote is a movement to change our electoral system. States which sign it promise to hand all of their electoral votes to the candidate which wins the popular vote. It will go into effect as soon as the majority of electors hail from states which signed it.

2. automation will be quite the subject of debate. Labor unions will fight hard against being replaced by their superior, mechanical counterparts which don't require pay.

3. there will be more irreligious presidents and possibly even a gay president

4. Civil rights movements tend to be popping up every 50 years. The 1910s marked the movement for women, the 1960s marked the movement for blacks, and the 2010s marked the movement for gay rights. Therefore it makes sense that another will start gaining momentum in 2050 and be very prevalent fifty years from now. I believe that movement will be for incest and family marriage. Currently, cousin marriage is legal in some states but penalized in others. Europe is no different with countries with Spain and Russia seeing nothing wrong with consensual sex between adults (the latter allows cousin marriage but bans marriage within the nuclear family) while Germany and Denmark make it illegal.

5. It is unknown what foreign policy will exactly be like in the future but it's unlikely that tensions between the US and russia will boil into nuclear war. China's economy will come to a standstill once its housing bubble crashes. By 2050, India's GDP will surpass China's. Iran could obtain nuclear weapons once the nuclear deal is over, leading to nuclear proliferation in the middle east.
 
Unless you've got a time travel machine on standby that I can borrow, I can't presume to know the answer to that question.
 
Unless you've got a time travel machine on standby that I can borrow, I can't presume to know the answer to that question.

the good news is you probably will be around to remember this poll. I most certainly won't be
 
It's no secret that the political issues of today were not the political issues 50 years ago. Back then, the biggest political issues were civil rights (even though the CRA passed 5 years prior) and limiting soviet aggression while preventing a third world war. Here's what I think.

Here's how some of our political issues will change in the next half century:

1. The war on drugs will be over, our incarceration rate will hit normal levels, and private prisons will be abolished. Recreational pot will be legal in every state except in the bible belt or Utah while its medical counterpart will be legal in every state that isn't Utah.

2. Gay rights and transgenderism will both be viewed almost unanimously as a civil right.

3. terrorism will be less of an issue

4. the US will likely have some form of universal healthcare, most likely a multi payer system similar to Germany's.

5. abortions which kill unborn babies will be a thing of the past. Pills which keep men from fertilizing women will help prevent more unwanted pregnancies and there will be technology which keeps babies alive possibly even during the first trimester

6. if an alternative fuel source isn't found by 2066 then it will be an even bigger discussion as oil will likely have hit its peak in 2030.

7. the supreme court will likely rule the death penalty as a violation of the eighth.

8. euthanasia will become legal in more states and thus become a bigger issue



And here will be the new issues:

1. The national popular vote is a movement to change our electoral system. States which sign it promise to hand all of their electoral votes to the candidate which wins the popular vote. It will go into effect as soon as the majority of electors hail from states which signed it.

2. automation will be quite the subject of debate. Labor unions will fight hard against being replaced by their superior, mechanical counterparts which don't require pay.

3. there will be more irreligious presidents and possibly even a gay president

4. Civil rights movements tend to be popping up every 50 years. The 1910s marked the movement for women, the 1960s marked the movement for blacks, and the 2010s marked the movement for gay rights. Therefore it makes sense that another will start gaining momentum in 2050 and be very prevalent fifty years from now. I believe that movement will be for incest and family marriage. Currently, cousin marriage is legal in some states but penalized in others. Europe is no different with countries with Spain and Russia seeing nothing wrong with consensual sex between adults (the latter allows cousin marriage but bans marriage within the nuclear family) while Germany and Denmark make it illegal.

5. It is unknown what foreign policy will exactly be like in the future but it's unlikely that tensions between the US and russia will boil into nuclear war. China's economy will come to a standstill once its housing bubble crashes. By 2050, India's GDP will surpass China's. Iran could obtain nuclear weapons once the nuclear deal is over, leading to nuclear proliferation in the middle east.

Why 2066, specifically?
 
It's no secret that the political issues of today were not the political issues 50 years ago. Back then, the biggest political issues were civil rights (even though the CRA passed 5 years prior) and limiting soviet aggression while preventing a third world war. Here's what I think.

Here's how some of our political issues will change in the next half century:

3. terrorism will be less of an issue

5. abortions which kill unborn babies will be a thing of the past. Pills which keep men from fertilizing women will help prevent more unwanted pregnancies and there will be technology which keeps babies alive possibly even during the first trimester

The six items I don't respond to are a nice wish list, some of which might actually come true.

The above two?

#5 is in your Anti-abortion wet dreams. It is more likely that abortion will either remain an issue or more people will come around to accepting it.

#3 is also a false hope. As long as there are ultra-radical groups, terrorism will continue to be a tool they find useful.


And here will be the new issues:

1. The national popular vote is a movement to change our electoral system. States which sign it promise to hand all of their electoral votes to the candidate which wins the popular vote. It will go into effect as soon as the majority of electors hail from states which signed it.

4. Civil rights movements tend to be popping up every 50 years. The 1910s marked the movement for women, the 1960s marked the movement for blacks, and the 2010s marked the movement for gay rights. Therefore it makes sense that another will start gaining momentum in 2050 and be very prevalent fifty years from now. I believe that movement will be for incest and family marriage. Currently, cousin marriage is legal in some states but penalized in others. Europe is no different with countries with Spain and Russia seeing nothing wrong with consensual sex between adults (the latter allows cousin marriage but bans marriage within the nuclear family) while Germany and Denmark make it illegal.

As for these suggestions?

#1. Nope. People would feel even more disenfranchised by your "winner take all nationally" electoral suggestion than they already are with the winner take all process at the state by state level. Many of us would prefer a proportional electoral division rather than a winner take all...OR election by direct popular vote.

#4. I think it would be more along the lines of eliminating puritanical ideas about treating teenagers like irresponsible little pre-teen children and allowing them more legal sexual rights. Incestuous relationships are miniscule in comparison to teens who face criminal charges for sexting, sending pix of themselves over the internet, or just having consensual sex.

That's what I think anyway. :shrug:
 
The six items I don't respond to are a nice wish list, some of which might actually come true.

The above two?

#5 is in your Anti-abortion wet dreams. It is more likely that abortion will either remain an issue or more people will come around to accepting it.

#3 is also a false hope. As long as there are ultra-radical groups, terrorism will continue to be a tool they find useful.




As for these suggestions?

#1. Nope. People would feel even more disenfranchised by your "winner take all nationally" electoral suggestion than they already are with the winner take all process at the state by state level. Many of us would prefer a proportional electoral division rather than a winner take all...OR election by direct popular vote.

#4. I think it would be more along the lines of eliminating puritanical ideas about treating teenagers like irresponsible little pre-teen children and allowing them more legal sexual rights. Incestuous relationships are miniscule in comparison to teens who face criminal charges for sexting, sending pix of themselves over the internet, or just having consensual sex.

That's what I think anyway. :shrug:

:lamo :lol: :lamo :lol:
 
50 years is a long time. What follows is pure, unsupported speculation.

I think we will have solved our energy problems though we will still have to deal with the fallout of climate change, regardless of what role you think humans play in it.

Nanotechnology will have started to be used in medicine making most diseases curable. I think life extension technology will be at the center of many political debates as will artificial intelligence. I don't think we will have reached the singularity yet but I do think AI will have become good enough that machines will be able to do most jobs we do today better than humans. So people will be living much longer and there will be fewer jobs. We will either have to re-examine how we structure our economy or we will be in for a world of hurt.

Or it will be something none of us could have imagined. 50 years ago we thought we would have flying cars and robot housekeepers today but few imagined having all the world's knowledge available to you through a device you can fit in your pocket.
 
#AlphaCentauriLivesMatter
 
The six items I don't respond to are a nice wish list, some of which might actually come true.

The above two?

#5 is in your Anti-abortion wet dreams. It is more likely that abortion will either remain an issue or more people will come around to accepting it.

#3 is also a false hope. As long as there are ultra-radical groups, terrorism will continue to be a tool they find useful.

5. A pregnant woman could easily be able to have the embryo extracted with future technology.

3. I'm not saying that terrorism will ever go away. I'm saying that it won't threaten the US 50 years from now. I don't expect Al Queda or Isis to last 50 years.

As for these suggestions?

#1. Nope. People would feel even more disenfranchised by your "winner take all nationally" electoral suggestion than they already are with the winner take all process at the state by state level. Many of us would prefer a proportional electoral division rather than a winner take all...OR election by direct popular vote.

#4. I think it would be more along the lines of eliminating puritanical ideas about treating teenagers like irresponsible little pre-teen children and allowing them more legal sexual rights. Incestuous relationships are miniscule in comparison to teens who face criminal charges for sexting, sending pix of themselves over the internet, or just having consensual sex.

That's what I think anyway.

1. The NPV would eliminate the WTA system which drowns out the voices of people living in safe states for the opposing party. Under the NPV, everybody's vote would be worth the same. You wouldn't have to live in a swing state for your vote to matter; you could be a republican in one of the 14 districts with a republican majority in California or a democrat in San Antonio or Austin. If trump wins the popular vote but Clinton wins more states, you can expect some red states to start jumping on the bandwagon (the composition is mostly liberal so far).

3. I think that the issue of teens being arrested for these trivial offenses will be resolved sooner than 2066 given the acknowledgement by a few people. On the other hand, nobody talks about pushing for cousin marriage. Back in 1966 nobody was pushing gay marriage.
 
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