Increasing unrest where people protest, then get arrested. Nothing major, but enough that it's too big to hide.
Things will get continue to get worse as people notice the UK style prison system, where otherwise ordinary right wing protestors rot for months, while violent felons are released within hours of getting caught.
Maybe there's some isolated pockets of violence... Maybe.
Some Republican Governors will talk a big talk, then do nothing.
Global unrest increases as American hegemony wanes. Kamala throws tantrums everytime another world leader treats her like the joke she is.
Russia, China, and whoever the fuck else feels like it will use this opportunity to make power plays. Expect bitching and moaning from the EU before it evaporates into infighting. Large chunks of Africa will probably become part of China. Might be some genocide there... Probably no WWIII, Europeans don't have the balls. Lots of Sabre rattling, but ultimately alliances will fall apart under pressure. Maybe some nukes will fly, but it will be against targets that ultimately, no one is willing to stick their neck out for.
A sort of gloom will fall over the country as people start to accept that things aren't going to get better, not anytime soon.
The country slowly crumbles over the next 20 years. Basic infrastructure is no longer taken for granted.
Things begin to look more and more like the late Soviet Union. Everything is cheap and nasty, the cities are increasingly grey places devoid of beauty
Violence and Criminality. Not political violence, it's just that most people have no investment in society anymore, and have no reason to believe the police will be competent or motivated enough to intervene.
Suddenly the Amish lifestyle is a lot more attractive, so expect ballooning numbers of them, and various copycat communities. There's a good chance these will be stomped down on for being to successful and not sharing their wealth with the cities. (Which have mostly turned into the shitty part of San Fransisco combined with the shitty part of Detroit.)
On the plus side though, skyrocketing food prices will solve Americas obesity problem, and convince a lot of the immigrants to leave.
Increasing unrest where people protest, then get arrested. Nothing major, but enough that it's too big to hide.
Things will get continue to get worse as people notice the UK style prison system, where otherwise ordinary right wing protestors rot for months, while violent felons are released within hours of getting caught.
Maybe there's some isolated pockets of violence... Maybe.
Some Republican Governors will talk a big talk, then do nothing.
Global unrest increases as American hegemony wanes. Kamala throws tantrums everytime another world leader treats her like the joke she is.
Russia, China, and whoever the fuck else feels like it will use this opportunity to make power plays. Expect bitching and moaning from the EU before it evaporates into infighting. Large chunks of Africa will probably become part of China. Might be some genocide there... Probably no WWIII, Europeans don't have the balls. Lots of Sabre rattling, but ultimately alliances will fall apart under pressure. Maybe some nukes will fly, but it will be against targets that ultimately, no one is willing to stick their neck out for.
A sort of gloom will fall over the country as people start to accept that things aren't going to get better, not anytime soon.
The country slowly crumbles over the next 20 years. Basic infrastructure is no longer taken for granted.
Things begin to look more and more like the late Soviet Union. Everything is cheap and nasty, the cities are increasingly grey places devoid of beauty
Violence and Criminality. Not political violence, it's just that most people have no investment in society anymore, and have no reason to believe the police will be competent or motivated enough to intervene.
Suddenly the Amish lifestyle is a lot more attractive, so expect ballooning numbers of them, and various copycat communities. There's a good chance these will be stomped down on for being to successful and not sharing their wealth with the cities. (Which have mostly turned into the shitty part of San Fransisco combined with the shitty part of Detroit.)
On the plus side though, skyrocketing food prices will solve Americas obesity problem, and convince a lot of the immigrants to leave.