" I keep getting poorer while smug bootlickers keep tell me it ’s good for my severely - earned money to lose note value . "
It has been nothing short of a shaky year. Ever Trumpwon the 2024 election, there has been anxiety and uncertainty surrounding life as we know it — and this is a common feeling around the globe.
Thetrade warhas driven up the price of regular products, and the possibilities of a recession seem higher than ever. The volatility of the stock market and a supposed attempt to “even the playing field” withAmerica’s greatest trade allieshas put jobs in jeopardy.
Basically, things are in limbo, and the US government’s actions ultimately impact the average American more than any of Trump’s cronies. Optimism for the future is exhausting at this point.
A viral post in ther/AskRedditsub asked users to predict what the economic future of the US will look like over in the decade. “What is your expectation for the US economy over the next 10 years?” the userwrote.
To put it bluntly, it seems like everyone has a dystopic view of what’s to come. Here are a few responses that might capture your feelings, too:
1.“I’ll make a prediction: it’s going to be bad. Destroying the economy, global relations, education, federal government, and tax collection means the US is going to take a back seat to the rest of the world for the next century. Best case, we are an idiot child screaming in the background. Worst case, we have a tantrum and still have the largest military on the planet. I hope the world is preparing for the idiot US in the near future.”
– uranium / one_pound_of_flesh
2.“The middle class will continue to disappear. The wealthy 5% will own even more wealth.AI will take jobs, putting a lot of people out of work. The government will stick its thumb up its ass and take direction from oligarchs (people will continue to elect the same politicians as always) in regard to tax law. And housing will still not keep up with demand.”
3.“I feel uneasy. The world market will likely trust the US far less; it will be hard to repair that and hard to work without allies.”
4.“I keep getting poorer while smug bootlickers keep telling me it’s good for my hard-earned money to lose value.”
5.“Why do you ask people on Reddit when16 Nobel prize-winning economiststook out a full page ad before the election to predict the devastation of the’Trump Slump?' They said it would take 10 years or more for the economy to recover, if it can.”
6.“Say goodbye to the unipolar world order we’ve had since the ’90s. Russia got what it wanted. Although the second pole is likely to be the EU rather than Russia or China (due to wartime economics and demographics, respectively).”
7.“Ghost towns.”
8.“I think more people need to realize how the hollowing out of rural America will be, finalized by the Trump tariffs.”
" American farming will be tariffed hard by all of our trading partners . The farm will betray this season ’s harvest home at a going and then let the land go fallow . The dealerships will consolidate . The cobalt - ops will shutter . The restaurants will thirst .
With nothing will , masses will move to more urban environment for more opportunities .
The heartland will die . "
– uranium / NaiveChoiceMaker
9.“I expect it to go exactly like the other six businesses Donald Trump tried to run.”
10.“It will be a dumpster fire for a while. The financial centers will move from New York Wall Street to Germany or Japan. The world will move from the dollar and barrel for oil. The US will still be a player, but nothing like the past 80 years. On the bright side, Americans will finally learn the Metric system.”
11.“Bad. The US is busily chasing away customers and damaging its brand. I’m on a team planning a major project, and we are forced to avoid the US supply chain because it’s too unpredictable. Too risky. Every sensible business is doing the same.”
12.“Trump’s actions will hurt the country’s status as the world tech leader. Suddenly, most of the world will look to China for tech and engineering leadership. We’ll still hold a big share of the market, but we won’t be guiding the boat; we’ll be paddling.”
13.“Four years of crap, followed by four (possibly two more) years of a Democrat cleaning up a shitty economy always handed over by Republicans. Look at the history of this trend.”
14.“I’m not sure this country even has 10 years.”
– u / Due_Willingness1
15.“Gun fights over soup cans and boxed rice, I assume.”
16.“Years of turmoil with vengeful racist idiots in charge. Lots of struggle to wrestle control back from them followed by decades of repairing relationships and slow recovery. All fascist regimes end, so just hope we end this one quickly.”
– u / ColHapHapablap
17.“The trade agreements will never return to pre-tariff tactics. The American boycott on goods will prevail along with the travel boycott.”
18.“They’ll be fine, but Americans will have to get used to a net worse quality of life. Small businesses will struggle, big businesses will thrive. A lot of jobs gone, increased urbanization, and taxes.”
19.“Best advice: don’t have expectations because nobody knows what they’re doing.”
" The country is being hunt down like a building burning down , and everyone in charge is trying to stuff their pockets with as much John Cash as they can before the roof collapses . Best we can do is bewilder some banana tree peel for them to slip on before they make it out the door . "
– uranium / AcidiclyBasic
observe : some responses have been edited and condensed for clarity .
