Yeah, predictions are generally pretty lame and pointless. I do find the overwhelming positivity about the future quite perplexing, however. All signs point to a very different living situation, do they not? I'm more in line with
sebast13 on this one, as I see the economy going completely pear shaped sooner rather than later.
My predictions for 2030:
-With the economy gone bust, the privileged have fled Canada for warmer climes with what's left of their wealth;
-Canada is rapidly filling with American refugees looking for escape from the mounting chaos south of the border (think United Empire Loyalists but in redneck form and on steroids);
-Toronto is no longer manageable (the basic services necessary to keep a big city functional disappear) and life in the Big Smoke becomes unlivable;
-Mississauga and its look-a-likes rapidly become ghost towns;
-Small towns and cities quickly fill with urban refugees (most of them glad-handers and pencil pushers with no real skill set) trying desperately to rebuild their lives;
-Government ceases to function in any real way (there may or may not be a PM, not that anybody gives a sh*t at this point);
-Religious groups and organised crime fill the void left behind by government (some are good, most a very, very bad).
I know it's not very cheerful but this is pretty much how I see things going down. 2030? Maybe sooner, in fact. And, hey, it won't be all bad; we'll get back to living 'real' lives where work doesn't involve surfing the net all day and people are actually required to be productive. That's a good thing. It should be noted that the growth we've enjoyed that last few decades is very atypical in human history. And the economic activity of the past couple decades has been largely unproductive, smoke and mirrors stuff. It's going to come crashing down; just not sure how complete and catastrophic the collapse will be yet.
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