What will the US be like in 10 years?

[Anonymous]

Search DCUM threads from 10-13 years ago. They say the same things that are being said here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is going to be like Butler's The PArable of the Sower with a dash of 1984, Fahrenheit 451, and The Jungle mixed in: everyone living in gated communities, rampant drug use, homelessness, state surveillance, inhuman working conditions, etc.

You and I should start a book club - throw in Atwood's Maddaddam Trilogy and we're in business.

In all serious, I agree with a PP that things will generally be better by traditional measures, but the rising threat that we don't see or grasp is the corporate state taking over in areas we once deemed solely public functions.

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Anonymous wrote:I think there will be tons of petty crime. Everyone will have to be Street smart: leaving one’s purse in a shopping cart will be inconceivable.
There will be much more trash lying around too.
Public schools will become worse and good ones will be few and far between - most middle class people will send their kids to privates

Wtf??? Where do you live?? You shouldn’t be able to leave a purse I’m a shopping cart.

I know 3 women that have their iPhone or Wallet stolen out of their purse that was in their cart at Whole Foods.

And, trash—/have you been to NYC the amount of trash there had increased so steadily it’s practically up to your knees in midtown. Once nicer TriBeCa, is now littered with it.

Crime? Homeless? All increased drastically locally and a lot is the police force we have lost. All our cops left to work security for Amazon for more pay abs safety. We have a shortage of them.

I have never seen a single pocket book left in a shopping cart. Where are you that you are doing it now?

+1 My 80-year old grandmother from outside NYC always had her pocketbook clasped under her arm. She's been dead no 20-some years, but even then people were warned of pickpockets and purse nabbings.

My mom used to always get on my case about leaving my purse in the dressing room when I went to look at clothes in the 3-way mirror. It cracked me up...I'm still right here.

I never have left a purse in a shopping cart while walking down a different aisle, etc. This is the most naive and stupid thing I've read in awhile, especially for a 'DC' area forum.

Same with leaving a purse or expensive iPhone on the seat in plain view in a locked car. Cleveland Park and a few other areas always had window smashings to steal them. The number of unlocked cars and doors also baffles my mind---or being surprised that your car left running with keys in the ignition was stolen .

Off-topic from this topic, but I was looking all over for my car keys this morning and finally took the extra set. Needn't have bothered - I left the keys in the ignition in the unlocked car overnight. In my driveway.

[Anonymous]

As long as nobody cares about social exclusion, it will be awful. A friendless person is a dangerous person.

[Anonymous]

Also, showing emotion in public should be normalized. Meaning, you should be allowed to cry at school, in public, at work or anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are screwed if we don't get a handle on crime. Societal excuses and lack of deterrent are eroding safety in major cities and that's going to be a huge problem.

The violent crime rate in the US has dramatically declined since the 1990's.

Americans tend to believe crime is up, even when the data shows it is down.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/20/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/

So turn off or stop reading whatever dear-mongering disinformation site(s) you are visiting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, showing emotion in public should be normalized. Meaning, you should be allowed to cry at school, in public, at work or anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, showing emotion in public should be normalized. Meaning, you should be allowed to cry at school, in public, at work or anywhere.

What?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are screwed if we don't get a handle on crime. Societal excuses and lack of deterrent are eroding safety in major cities and that's going to be a huge problem.

The violent crime rate in the US has dramatically declined since the 1990's.

Americans tend to believe crime is up, even when the data shows it is down.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/20/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/

So turn off or stop reading whatever dear-mongering disinformation site(s) you are visiting.

What disinformation sites? Do you mean perhaps “Every Town for Gun Safety,” the Brady Center, and CNN ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think there will be tons of petty crime. Everyone will have to be Street smart: leaving one’s purse in a shopping cart will be inconceivable.
There will be much more trash lying around too.
Public schools will become worse and good ones will be few and far between - most middle class people will send their kids to privates

Wtf??? Where do you live?? You shouldn’t be able to leave a purse I’m a shopping cart.

I know 3 women that have their iPhone or Wallet stolen out of their purse that was in their cart at Whole Foods.

And, trash—/have you been to NYC the amount of trash there had increased so steadily it’s practically up to your knees in midtown. Once nicer TriBeCa, is now littered with it.

Crime? Homeless? All increased drastically locally and a lot is the police force we have lost. All our cops left to work security for Amazon for more pay abs safety. We have a shortage of them.

You seem to agree with me. I remember the times when people left their cars unlocked and their purses at their tables while going to the bathroom
It’s part of the same trend.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think there will be tons of petty crime. Everyone will have to be Street smart: leaving one’s purse in a shopping cart will be inconceivable.
There will be much more trash lying around too.
Public schools will become worse and good ones will be few and far between - most middle class people will send their kids to privates

I am definitely assuming I will need to pay for my grandkids to go private, even though my own children are in public.

I agree (I am the first poster). Even previously good schools are becoming worse. Unless it’s some town in the hills with no public transport and a small school district

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think there will be tons of petty crime. Everyone will have to be Street smart: leaving one’s purse in a shopping cart will be inconceivable.
There will be much more trash lying around too.
Public schools will become worse and good ones will be few and far between - most middle class people will send their kids to privates

So. I guess you plan to maintain our extreme income inequality? Because that is what leads to the conditions you describe.

Um, I am fairly poor. I hope my son is better off because he likes coding

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only family restaurants will be around because people don't want to work as servers anymore. Fast food places won't exist. Cost of home repairs will sky rocket because there are so few trades people.

I disagree - fast food places will proliferate due to robots and self service

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are screwed if we don't get a handle on crime. Societal excuses and lack of deterrent are eroding safety in major cities and that's going to be a huge problem.

The violent crime rate in the US has dramatically declined since the 1990's.

Americans tend to believe crime is up, even when the data shows it is down.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/20/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/

So turn off or stop reading whatever dear-mongering disinformation site(s) you are visiting.

True: actual scientific data shows crime is way down, but Americans are somehow mislead into believing crime is way up.

Why is the media misleading people this way?