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[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 hours ago

Mentioning climate change. Seems every government is backtracking on it.

[–] MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] only_in_ohio@sh.itjust.works 1 points 55 minutes ago

Already illegal in China and Russia to name a few, no need to wait 50 years for this to happen

[–] MyNamesTotallyRobert@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Computers and phones that don't have locked bootloaders. You know how North Korean phones and computers alert the State every time a disallowed file is accessed or the user does something that doesn't align with The Ideology? It's going to be like that. Civilian ownership of machine tools will of course be banned on a "possession = incarceration" basis and not just banning sales. Air conditioning won't become all-out illegal but it will be regulated as rigorously as gun ownership in countries outside the US are, most people wont have lawful access to it anymore and the ones that do only get to cool things down to survivable temperatures and not comfortable temperatures. People will be running illegal refrigerant labs in their basement and making illegal thermostat modchips and everything.

There's no way the US isn't going to eventually criminalize all positive drug tests (like many other shithole countries have done including Japan, China and Singapore) once they reverse the last 40 years of marijuana reform and then punish everyone who had any part in it. Having been involved in the cannabis industry is going to be like having been a Jew in 1930s Germany. Same with being transgender, lgbt, or neurodivergent. It goes without saying that not being a maga christian will someday become a "get sent to a torture camp" offense as well. All porn will become as illegal as csam currently is. Cars won't actually get banned but the non elite class will lose access to them all the same because the government will enable corporations to continue colluding to do price fixing and generating fake scarcity. The lucky ones with prestigious State Approved science or military jobs may be able to petition to be allowed to buy one under government assistance (which is really just an unfairly priced loan in disguise) with a multi-year waiting list similar to how the car situation in the Soviet Union was. Driving rights will likely be tied to ideological alignment in some extent. At the very least, testing positive for nonphysoactive metaboltics of any banned substance will be treated the same as a dui but being lgbt, neurodivergent or non-christian may be also be punished the same as a dui becuase they'd argue it's "moral impairment" or some shit.

Voting for anyone outside of The Party during our fake elections will of course be a big no-no. The delusional decisions leading to all of this are also going to result in food shortages and mass starvation. People living in strategically important population centers may experience less hardship on average, just like in the Soviet Union. Of course toilet paper is a thing we'll all have to learn to live without sooner or later.

A long time ago learning skills like machining and chemistry while stockpiling guns and ammo would have been the thing to do but good people have become such a minority that I fear the best we can do is make the most of the time we have left before things get a lot harder and a lot less.. worthwhile.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 24 points 12 hours ago

If right-wing nutjobs keep running the government I am going to say "birth control" and "sodomy" are on the chopping block. Hopefully by 50 years this won't still be the issue but its what they want now. Just to note that the old "sodomy" laws made everything that wasn't PIV illegal. So if you like oral sex that will be illegal now. Sorry everyone no more fun

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 18 points 13 hours ago

FOSS running directly on metal

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 23 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Living in an "unchristian" way in any form, be it being an atheist, LGBTQ+, etc.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

This is what arson is for.

[–] johnydoe666@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 18 hours ago

Cash. Every transaction will be online, so it can be tracked

[–] mustbe3to20signs@feddit.org 56 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Private ownership.
Why would you even want this, when you can book it as a service without all the hassles and this highly criminal "privacy". What are you? A drug dealer? A pedophile? Both?

[–] MyNamesTotallyRobert@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Ah yes. the rise of neo-communism. Soon the circle will be complete.

[–] abacabadabacaba@infosec.pub 4 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Slaughtering animals for food.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

In 50 years I don't see it.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 hours ago

The odds of that happening are pretty damned low.

It'd be great, but super unlikely

[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

Just for funsies then?

[–] toddestan@lemmy.world 57 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (8 children)

Leaving your house without your papers and government issued ID.

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 11 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

In the Netherlands that's already a thing for anyone aged 14 and up

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

Really so if your walking your dog you need your ID?

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

And it hurts absolutely nobody.

Turns out, the problem isn't carrying ID, the problem is US cops.

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[–] Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 36 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

In the US: Not wholly illegal but I predict erosion of the 4th amendment under the guise of keeping the country safe. I predict the definition of a "reasonable" search and seizure will expand.

Across the world: as someone else mentioned, encryption is going to start getting a lot more attention as well.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 13 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I also predict erosion of 2nd Amendment for non-whites

[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

You mean like the black panthers and the nra?

[–] Spider89@lemmy.world 32 points 22 hours ago

LGBTQ+

I'm not any of it, but I do support it.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 46 points 23 hours ago

Emulators. There's a crack down that continues to happen as old systems become streaming services.

[–] ileftreddit@piefed.social 60 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Free expression, freedom of speech. Privacy. Home ownership.

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 84 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Civillian use of Drones.

I'm very certain there's gonna be a 9/11-like terrorist attack involving drones and then governments all around the world are gonna get extremely paranoid and just ban it unless you get a special permit that only big corporations can get.

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[–] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 140 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Encryption. For the poors, that is.

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[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 71 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Dissent against the government.

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[–] lemmie689@lemmy.sdf.org 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] monogram@feddit.nl 8 points 14 hours ago

🇪🇺 By October it will be illegal to view porn with an unlocked bootloader

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