2025 Predictions

[LLLurkJ2]

Im always trying to get ahead of the curve and was listening to a podcast where they predicted:
--- Ai robots are coming this year - 16k for a huminoid robot from China
--FSD goes from 5% to 20% - autonomous cars are coming , maybe not in Canada yet but in several big Stateside cities.
-- Govn suppliers loose big; the DOGE group will diminish 'cost plus' with old school defence and industrial contractors
-- Rise in socialist sentiment ; If AiI guys are going to trillions while my job gets cut or goes overseas, which way will i vote.
-- Diminished 'progressiveism and DEI' , seperated from socialist sentiment
-- massive consolidation among old gaurd automakers
-- China decouples from Putin - Putin will not get that great a deal on Ukraine, be seen to have wasted lots of money and Russian lives for very little. Cost of supporting him will be too high for China
-- General 'Bellicosian' negotiations style from the US in terms of dealmaking. A 'scare the shit outta them' and then negotiate style. See Canada, Mexico
-- Dollar drawdown on top 10% of market stocks, thry're too concentrated

For me, i think for the markets the winds are too strong and alot will break - there will be a downturn for alot of small companies while the new big guys will continue to make out like bandits, and we"ll see continued erosion of general standard of living.

Anyone else have predictions they're willing to put down on page?

 

[80watts]

Why yes!
China invades Siberia.
Ukraine wins the war in Ukraine by cutting off the land bridge. Blow up big bridge. Uses long range missiles to hit the supply lines to the Don Bas region.

Canadians vote for Canadian sovereignty. PP resigns due to losing this vote.

Trump gets ass-inated by some hooker, that DJ guy takes over....The secret service leaks photos of him doing coke on the oval office desk with 2 hookers... He get removed from office as the speaker for the house becomes the 49th president....

Superports are planned for the north American west coast to handle trade with India and China and Malaysia.

US invades Mexico over drugs and the cartel influence in congress/senate. The DEA and CIA release documents of senators and congressmen taking bribes from cartel accounts.

3 American supreme court justices get assassinated.... SC is made larger with 11 justices.

U-tube bans "1st and 4th amendment " violation videos of police stops on u-tube.

Elon Musk dies of a heart attack. Or was that a brain aneurism due to stress from the press.

Due to the increase in gang activity in certain cities the American President carpet bombs/A-10 raid over these areas and send special forces to arrest illegal immigrants.

Space X expands by 4 fold for number of launches it can do.

Space is weaponized by the USA.
Space race with China is underway.

Canada brings online more Arctic sovereignty patrols.

Canada brings in more ice breakers for the north west passage and year long ocean opening for supplies to northern cities and communities.

Canada increases by 10 billion support for northern activities, including more ports and aircraft hangers for better winter transportation.

CAF starts to recruit more personnel for medical deployments. 1st act is northern Canadian communities.

CAF gets new white paper for current military trends and equipment for these trends.

Canada announces by the end of the decade to have a moon-base, maned by only Canadians. Any other astronauts can ask for asylum or get work visas on the moon.....

 

[LLLurkJ2]

Why yes!
China invades Siberia.
Ukraine wins the war in Ukraine by cutting off the land bridge. Blow up big bridge. Uses long range missiles to hit the supply lines to the Don Bas region.

Canadians vote for Canadian sovereignty. PP resigns due to losing this vote.

Trump gets ass-inated by some hooker, that DJ guy takes over....The secret service leaks photos of him doing coke on the oval office desk with 2 hookers... He get removed from office as the speaker for the house becomes the 49th president....

Superports are planned for the north American west coast to handle trade with India and China and Malaysia.

US invades Mexico over drugs and the cartel influence in congress/senate. The DEA and CIA release documents of senators and congressmen taking bribes from cartel accounts.

3 American supreme court justices get assassinated.... SC is made larger with 11 justices.

U-tube bans "1st and 4th amendment " violation videos of police stops on u-tube.

Elon Musk dies of a heart attack. Or was that a brain aneurism due to stress from the press.

Due to the increase in gang activity in certain cities the American President carpet bombs/A-10 raid over these areas and send special forces to arrest illegal immigrants.

Space X expands by 4 fold for number of launches it can do.

Space is weaponized by the USA.
Space race with China is underway.

Canada brings online more Arctic sovereignty patrols.

Canada brings in more ice breakers for the north west passage and year long ocean opening for supplies to northern cities and communities.

Canada increases by 10 billion support for northern activities, including more ports and aircraft hangers for better winter transportation.

CAF starts to recruit more personnel for medical deployments. 1st act is northern Canadian communities.

CAF gets new white paper for current military trends and equipment for these trends.

Canada announces by the end of the decade to have a moon-base, maned by only Canadians. Any other astronauts can ask for asylum or get work visas on the moon.....

You forgot 'Tim Hortons Coffee somehow gets worse. Also they introduce new flavours - garam masala, thai chili, and blackend cajun style coffees.

 

[Crookedmember]

US invades Canada; Prime Minister Poilievre exiles to India; Donald Trump Jr. becomes governor of 51st state.

 

[PuntMeister]

A few conjectures:

1. EV’s and Nukes will win. Electrification will continue to grow and reach a tipping point by 2040. EV Infrastructure growth and range increases will make new IC engines obsolete. Buses, Rail, Industrial & Residential power, etc, will gradually follow suit. Nuclear power will boom and progressively replace coal. Wind, Solar, Hydrogen will continue to find niches, but not usurp mainstream power.

2. Trump will not start new wars. He might finish some. Could be up for a Nobel prize. However, he will take military-like action on international trade and anything that doesn’t support American interests. Musk will sink his teeth into US Gov’t beuracracies like never seen before. The apple carts will fly; there will be upsets, woke media outrage, death threats, etc. Decades from now it will go down as an institutional overhaul template.

3. CNN and FOX (etc.) will not fail or be bought out because society loves polarized viewpoints, however they may be re-branded or leadership/journalists completely re-shuffled as extreme polarization has become so commonplace to be irrelevant—they need to find an interesting new angle.

4. Brittany Spears will make a surprising comeback with a #1 hit.

5. Cancer research will lead to a breakthrough—DNA causes cancer. We are pre-disposed to die. It’s just one mechanism. More gene-fuckery will become a scarier threat than an AI singularity.

6. Organized religion will wane as more younger generations decide to make their spiritual decisions. We will see more testing the waters, and expect some religion tourism to emerge. Plenty of new crackpot religions will crop up. However, main churches will decline as populations migrate to Deny, Denounce, and Defund the traditional religious institutions.

7. A really bad dude will emerge somewhere in Africa or Asia, causing unexpected atrocities and de-stabilizing geo-political alliances in dangerous ways. We won’t see it coming until it’s too late.

8. TV and Radio announcers will be permitted to say ‘Fuck’, as long as they stay within the fucking guidelines.

9. The democrats will find a new leader. Fear not, they will be squeeky clean, morally sound, and well versed in Word Salad.

10. Sports will matter even more. It will be the only news where at least 50% is positive for somebody. Streaming will grow, but live TV will make a cult comeback.

 

[Lo-ki]

 

[80watts]

A few conjectures:

1. EV’s and Nukes will win. Electrification will continue to grow and reach a tipping point by 2040. EV Infrastructure growth and range increases will make new IC engines obsolete. Buses, Rail, Industrial & Residential power, etc, will gradually follow suit. Nuclear power will boom and progressively replace coal. Wind, Solar, Hydrogen will continue to find niches, but not usurp mainstream power.

2. Trump will not start new wars. He might finish some. Could be up for a Nobel prize. However, he will take military-like action on international trade and anything that doesn’t support American interests. Musk will sink his teeth into US Gov’t beuracracies like never seen before. The apple carts will fly; there will be upsets, woke media outrage, death threats, etc. Decades from now it will go down as an institutional overhaul template.

3. CNN and FOX (etc.) will not fail or be bought out because society loves polarized viewpoints, however they may be re-branded or leadership/journalists completely re-shuffled as extreme polarization has become so commonplace to be irrelevant—they need to find an interesting new angle.

4. Brittany Spears will make a surprising comeback with a #1 hit.

5. Cancer research will lead to a breakthrough—DNA causes cancer. We are pre-disposed to die. It’s just one mechanism. More gene-fuckery will become a scarier threat than an AI singularity.

6. Organized religion will wane as more younger generations decide to make their spiritual decisions. We will see more testing the waters, and expect some religion tourism to emerge. Plenty of new crackpot religions will crop up. However, main churches will decline as populations migrate to Deny, Denounce, and Defund the traditional religious institutions.

7. A really bad dude will emerge somewhere in Africa or Asia, causing unexpected atrocities and de-stabilizing geo-political alliances in dangerous ways. We won’t see it coming until it’s too late.

8. TV and Radio announcers will be permitted to say ‘Fuck’, as long as they stay within the fucking guidelines.

9. The democrats will find a new leader. Fear not, they will be squeeky clean, morally sound, and well versed in Word Salad.

10. Sports will matter even more. It will be the only news where at least 50% is positive for somebody. Streaming will grow, but live TV will make a cult comeback.

4. You just want to see her boobies...

 

[carvesg]

Poilievre just happens to be one of the MPs under foreign influence and once more struggles to get top secret clearance as a Prime Minister....unless it comes out during the upcoming election campaign which would be another self inflicted wound on the part of the PC.

 

[Pumped]

Predictions:

1. Things are just going to get worse.
2. See number 1.

 

[80watts]

Times will be tough, and hope is around the corner. The upside is that things will get better, but we have to put alot of work and sweat into whatever happens.

 

[sybian]

Times will be tough, and hope is around the corner. The upside is that things will get better, but we have to put alot of work and sweat into whatever happens.

The last PM set the bar pretty low.

 

[LLLurkJ2]

The last PM set the bar pretty low.

Dead horse sighting, news at 11