Think 2016 Was Bad? 2017 Will Almost Surely Be Worse
It was a bad year. The planet continued warming at an alarming rate. The civil war in Syria, which has now claimed about a half million lives, raged on. The gun violence epidemic persisted unabated – 14,748 have been killed in the U.S. so far this year. Many beloved celebrities died. And the constitutional mechanism intended stop a demagogue from seizing presidential power ensured his victory instead.
The good news is that 2016 is almost over.
The bad news is that 2017 will almost surely be worse.
Here's a non-comprehensive but alarming look at what could be in store.
(I simply listed the following items. Go to link for more detail.)
A trade war with China
A real war with China
A constitutional crisis
New threats to press freedom
More of everything that comes along with climate change
Antibiotic resistance
The dismantling of the Affordable Care Act
Nuclear war
Happy New Year
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