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Reporting and news will continue to move to streamers and YouTube and old news will die.
In the US, federal government systems will fail because of trumps policies and blue states will become even more independent, red states that are dependent heavily on federal funds will suffer.
Natural disasters will continue to increase in frequency and severity. Unfortunately at least in the US - people have been migrating to many of the most at risk areas because they are generally less expensive than safer areas, they will end up much worse off.
With a decrease in population growth and immigration, and deaths and retirement of boomers, in the US there will be shortages of labor, especially in fields like nursing, agriculture, and service industries. In many other countries, there are similar issues arising due to low population growth and limited immigration.
Unless there’s a serious depression This will continue to create a conflict between the billionaires who want to keep wages stagnant, and workers and unions who will have more power. We are continuing to see job growth and low unemployment in spite of the mess of tariffs and unstable government
I think independent and small businesses will actually do better in general than corporations if they create more stable and welcoming environments for employees, as well as creating better products that are less enshittified. In spite of everything, due to the internet, it is one of the easiest times in history to access information and tools to start your own business. And working for big companies and government is pretty awful right now.
I also think unfortunately we’re dealing with a major cultural transition as the systems built by boomers are failing but trying to do their worst to hold on as they go. In general, these systems no longer work for a large portion of the population, but those that hate change are in power. I worked in government and it was kind of like watching an incredibly slow train derailment. I think things are going to fall apart more before we rebuild unfortunately.