Predictions of the future of the US by 2035, mostly demographic in nature, assuming no new civil war:

1) Deteriorating social and infrastructure conditions in red states with nearly-dictatorial capture by governors essentially acting as petty authoritarians in many of those states.

2) A net outflow of population from most red states into blue ones, reversing to some extent the trend of people migrating to Sunbelt states. This will cause further decline of red states as those who remain will be older, sicker, and more against government “interference” in their lives. Thus, federal funding of Medicaid will also be spurned, exacerbating these issues yet more.

3) Blue states will continue to have issues with housing affordability and availability as inflow increases as NIMBYs will still dominate in many areas.

4) Red states will experience a fairly-precipitous economic decline as jobs and manufacturers leave those states en masse, pursuing more educated populations.

5) Blue states will nearly-completely dominate the cultural conversation (even more than they do now) as red states will consist of basically over-40 conserva-clowns screaming about men wearing dresses and how it was back in the 1950s (which they didn’t even live through).

These are all highly likely.

I feel really sad for those grim-faced people who peaked in high school.

Cuz damn y’all I just keep getting better every day. My life is awesome and on an upward trajectory. I’ve seen and done amazing things from such a terrible start. And I plan to keep piling on the awesome till I die of it.

I’m grateful — because I definitely had help along the way — but I also extricated myself from hell and walked a path few could tread. And I regret nothing.