Results: What's the world coming to?
Published on 12/05/2024
Until a year ago I was blissfully ignoring the news and simply living in a bubble of peace and quiet with my social media feeds and internet time focused on learning, hobbies and pretty much things I'm directly interested in. But that all changed because reality has a way to kick in - if not directly, through friends, colleagues and relatives.
Now, I've been looking at various aspects in the news (politics, economics, tech, health...) and i feel like it's a nuthouse everywhere in the world! I'm doing this survey to see if I'm just becoming paranoid or I'm not looking at it through the right lenses.
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1.
Politics is a big topic. Seems like the whole world is going radical. Let's not talk about US/CA - we had plenty of surveys on this and I personally don't want to take sides. It seems like many countries in the world are choosing radical leaders. South Korea's president declared martial law and revoked it recently, France is going through political struggles, UK's been in trouble for some time now, and don't even get me started on some countries in Latin America or Israel. In my home country (Romania), the top presidential candidate is a guy who has many fascist & crazy ideas, yet many people ignore that and want to vote out the old system. Why do you think the world is moving away from democratic leaders & parties?
Existing democratic parties are going radical
17%
418 votes
Existing democratic parties are too corrupt and no longer serve the people
25%
606 votes
Existing democratic parties have lost the meaning of democracy
21%
513 votes
Democracy itself is dead: people with money rule
22%
523 votes
Social Media is being misused to promote radical ideas and influence people
33%
780 votes
It's time for a change
15%
351 votes
People are fed up with being lied to.
31%
736 votes
Other (please specify)
4%
98 votes
I don't think the world is going radical
18%
426 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.87% | 35 | |
| n/a | 0.10% | 4 |
| na | 0.05% | 2 |
| Not sure | 0.05% | 2 |
| One world order has to come in some how | 0.02% | 1 |
| I'm Canadian | 0.02% | 1 |
| People believe that people with money know more simply because they have money...they will soon find out that is not the case. | 0.02% | 1 |
| no comment | 0.02% | 1 |
| Democracies all die, usually when the people (voters) become complacent and forget what autocracy is really like | 0.02% | 1 |
| I don't have a clue | 0.02% | 1 |
| ??? | 0.02% | 1 |
| self-serving 'leaders' | 0.02% | 1 |
| People are stupid | 0.02% | 1 |
| People seem to be okay with liars, authoritarian sexual predators, fake news celebrities and alcoholics set to run the government. | 0.02% | 1 |
| If America cannot influence another Nation s Political leader, they are dubbed 'radical' to justifies America s propaganda rhetoric. | 0.02% | 1 |
| No clue | 0.02% | 1 |
| Political parties ignore entire segments of their constituents. | 0.02% | 1 |
| traitor trump and the republican party are now the party of facist tyrant, dictators, following the Hitler playbook word 4 word, | 0.02% | 1 |
| Don't know | 0.02% | 1 |
| A too vocal minority tries to change. Look at America. | 0.02% | 1 |
| global pandemic | 0.02% | 1 |
| People are afraid of their future and the radicals are feeding on that. Social media is a big part of that. | 0.02% | 1 |
| Too much changes in our way of living, and too quickly | 0.02% | 1 |
| Not sure is 'democracy itself is dead' but it does seem that people with money rule a lot. | 0.02% | 1 |
| Misinformation on social media | 0.02% | 1 |
| People are unhappy right now and populist dictators seem to offer a quick fix. | 0.02% | 1 |
| because they aren't the smartest | 0.02% | 1 |
| The far right billionaires are desperate to completely take over | 0.02% | 1 |
| , | 0.02% | 1 |
| the people see all the above, but they are using the same abused system to make needed changes that will lead to more freedom | 0.02% | 1 |
| Society is self servingly driven now. Democracy don t work with people determined to only serve their own interests. | 0.02% | 1 |
| People more easily believe lies and do not critically think anymore. | 0.02% | 1 |
| its the sign of the impending times to come | 0.02% | 1 |
| leaders who are not good role models and it being a mockery | 0.02% | 1 |
| Too many Trump worshippers who believe everything the idiot says. | 0.02% | 1 |
| It is prophecy unfolding daily and making a way for the return of a Monarchy ruled by Christ and will oust The Evil spiritual ruler of darkness Satan who decieves many. Satan is not ugly with horns and a pitchfork he is charismatic and beautiful | 0.02% | 1 |
| Sick of the Woke agenda! | 0.02% | 1 |
| People want certainty. | 0.02% | 1 |
| Hang the Federal Reserve Board members & Give it Back the PEOPLE !!! | 0.02% | 1 |
| Too many people are oblivious and uninformed | 0.02% | 1 |
| Ask the same question agin in a couple of years, you won't have to wait for four years to see what it is like to live under a lying, chil, idiot, dictator Trump. | 0.02% | 1 |
| Too many people are ignorant | 0.02% | 1 |
| There is a strong trend toward selfishness, using any means to obtain a goal. Kindness and consideration for others is declining. | 0.02% | 1 |
| What? | 0.02% | 1 |
| People are actually seeing the truth | 0.02% | 1 |
| I dont agree with any of the options. The republicans are the ones goign radical and turning the US into Gilead. | 0.02% | 1 |
| What is promoted and viewed is already influenced before/ anti to the truth really being known; A1 intelligence on society s citizens are being used as experiments | 0.02% | 1 |
| I think it's the people who get voted in who are ruining the world. | 0.02% | 1 |
| End of times | 0.02% | 1 |
| Globalists are trying to radicalize the world so they can eventually take over when things are at it's worst, and they look like heroes, thus having everyone in the palm of their hands.....classic The Spider and The Fly poem, but in reality! | 0.02% | 1 |
| People are just stupid,look who they next president is | 0.02% | 1 |
| .... | 0.02% | 1 |
| Don't know. | 0.02% | 1 |
| covid really screwed everyone in the head | 0.02% | 1 |
| All politics are nurs these days, cats t believe any of them. | 0.02% | 1 |
| Propaganda and truth are difficult to distinguish. In fact, many do not understand how the Ukraine war really began https://youtu.be/RBpPPki-7Rc?si=0 UM0YQ0tulwBohq | 0.02% | 1 |
| Too many wrong thinking people putting bad people into power. | 0.02% | 1 |
| Democracy was lauded by K. Max and F. Engels as a step toward communism, so I suggest Nic not be so enamored with the former. | 0.02% | 1 |
| Rich people want more control over resources and the population | 0.02% | 1 |
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2.
AI is gaining traction. With it, came a lot of layoffs, especially in tech industry, but affecting many others as well. How do you feel about the rise of AI? I think AI is indeed part of the reason for the mass layoffs, but it's not the main factor. I'm not too concerned.
14%
340 votes
Yes, AI is a factor for layoffs, but it also created lots of opportunities so it balances it out.
15%
370 votes
I view AI as a good thing. It creates more good than harm, just like any other major technological revolution
11%
257 votes
There's nothing intelligent in AI... it's still pretty dumb. Not sure what the fuss is all about it.
19%
448 votes
Other (please specify)
4%
100 votes
I have no opinion on the topic
37%
885 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.98% | 30 | |
| It is a good thing, the advancement of humanity....Sorry to say that advancement will be manipulated in some way to help their (the globalist who want to FORCE capitalism on everyone in the world and who want America at the head of EVIL AGENDA ALONG. | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI is as smart as the people that create it and therein lies the problem. | 0.07% | 1 |
| It's too soon for AI to be responsible for "a lot of layoffs." It's mostly about greedy corporations trying to line their pockets by laying off workers-especially if they are unionized. | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI is a tool, will only lay off people if allowed to. | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI will lead to job losses and those people can't learn new skills to get another job | 0.07% | 1 |
| its a nightmare | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI is terrible | 0.07% | 1 |
| it is moving us closer to the New World Order | 0.07% | 1 |
| It will hurt society as a whole more then it help. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Trump | 0.07% | 1 |
| It's a detriment to security. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Will be the ruination of us | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI is only good if the programmer is a good person with a good heart, I personel do not like AI Robotic taking people jobs have the people some of them become so lazy in America? | 0.07% | 1 |
| I am against AI as I see all the harm it can and will do through humans | 0.07% | 1 |
| I don't trust any type of AI!!! | 0.07% | 1 |
| Its dawebacks outweight its merits, and i don't forsee my mind chagning on the topic. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Not a good thing | 0.07% | 1 |
| Un decided | 0.07% | 1 |
| Very suspicious of AI. | 0.07% | 1 |
| I hate it! | 0.07% | 1 |
| not good | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI Creeps Me Out And When Possible I Avoid It | 0.07% | 1 |
| It has tremendous potential for both harm and good--but with people behind it, it will likely do more harm than good. | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI is just another program. Crap in-crap out; good in-good out. It may seem like it's sentient, but in the end if you change or remove something in the program, it will change how it works. Or worse, it stops working. | 0.07% | 1 |
| I hate Ai and it does more damage then not | 0.07% | 1 |
| i have concerns | 0.07% | 1 |
| I feel it is just another step down as the world becomes something very unpleasant | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI is replacing people in jobs and will continue to do so and many places have ushered in Universal Basic Income for this very reason. | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI is bad. | 0.07% | 1 |
| good for something like medical, other things not so good | 0.07% | 1 |
| I think it hasn't had all the "bugs" worked out and can be dangerous | 0.07% | 1 |
| I think AI will just bring more misinformation and turmoil will come from that. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Absolutely indifferent towards AI | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI is pretty frightening | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI will never benefit us in the long run, just watch. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Haven't you seen the movies where the robots take over? It never ends well for humans! | 0.07% | 1 |
| Not just tech, every industry. Doctors are starting to use it to summarize recordings of patient visits. It's terrifying. | 0.07% | 1 |
| People create their own downfall it s simply history repeating itself. | 0.07% | 1 |
| I don't trust it or the developers. | 0.07% | 1 |
| We need to keep our wits about us, sometimes when we read about opinions, Is it real people or AI? We can't get sleepy eyes watching this! | 0.07% | 1 |
| I feel AI will impact us for a while, but in the long run, it will run its course when we become very lonely and need to build relationships in which we can love each other, care for each other, experience joy and all that comes with relationships. | 0.07% | 1 |
| I have mixed feelings about AI. | 0.07% | 1 |
| AAI can be useful but also very dangerous | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI is not a good thing and with the ability to learn will become "Trump-like" and want to exercise its' power. | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI is dangerous and will radically change life as we know it escalating The Divide between upper and lower class and finally eliminating the middle class | 0.07% | 1 |
| I do not trust AI and prefer to avoid using it | 0.07% | 1 |
| Time will tell. | 0.07% | 1 |
| People are losing their jobs. | 0.07% | 1 |
| It's frightening to think of what can happen when it's used in ways that are sinister . | 0.07% | 1 |
| Both positive and negative...............can be a Challenge and a threat to Security. | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI is a serious threat to everyone | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI is dangerous & we've let Pandora out of the box. | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI is a tool that will be used for good and evil, as it already does. Very dangerous | 0.07% | 1 |
| A1 intelligence should be questioned by us citizens- do you want to be used as experiments? It also does harm. | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI trully IS uprising and taking over as many people predicted | 0.07% | 1 |
| It will ruin us | 0.07% | 1 |
| H AI creates more harm than good https://youtu.be/ARJ8cAGm6JE?si=xr4bErVbARxdxIoS | 0.07% | 1 |
| may produce some good but a lot was lost in terms of public freedoms and ownership in the process. worried about our inability to regulate and protect ourselves from misuse/unintended consequences. | 0.07% | 1 |
| wondering... | 0.07% | 1 |
| The Matrix has you | 0.07% | 1 |
| Stupid answers | 0.07% | 1 |
| A.I. will turn out to be a very dangerous thing! | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI terrifies me. Im afraid it will cause the extinction of mankind. | 0.07% | 1 |
| It's the tool of big corporations to grind more profit while gouging consumers and putting people out of jobs | 0.07% | 1 |
| It is part of the reason for mass layoffs and I AM concerned about AI for many reasons | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI is nothing but demonic it's a psyop | 0.07% | 1 |
| AI will become a way to attack and destroy another big brother evil. | 0.07% | 1 |
| The Terminator sums it all up | 0.07% | 1 |
| Not sure | 0.07% | 1 |
| I don't trust AI and I think it's going to lead to mass destruction and I believe jobs loss stares with covid and never recovered | 0.07% | 1 |
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3.
Left and right people are talking about an economic crash that will happen "yesterday" and yet the stock market, bonds and crypto are all going up. With money depreciating in value from month to month, not being invested seems like the poor will get poorer and the rich get richer. What do you think: is the economy blowing up anytime soon? What are you talking about: it already started!
17%
417 votes
It's coming in the next 3-6 months. Hang in there!
12%
279 votes
It is probable a market crash is coming, but that's no reason to be concerned.
10%
241 votes
Every day another doomsday prediction comes up. No one knows. Just ignore and live your life!
30%
726 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
71 votes
No clue what you're talking about.
28%
666 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.96% | 34 | |
| n/a | 0.29% | 5 |
| Not sure | 0.12% | 2 |
| I don't know | 0.12% | 2 |
| Do people really spend all day thinking of such matters? | 0.06% | 1 |
| The economy is on the verge of collapse. "They" will crash the economy when Trump takes office. Warren Buffett, Soros, elites are anticipating to buy when the STOCKS WILL PLUMMET | 0.06% | 1 |
| No telling what is really going on with the economy | 0.06% | 1 |
| Inflation itself is purposefu, if hidden, gtazatuion; I recommend Nc read what J,.M. Keynes said of its evils, | 0.06% | 1 |
| Concerned | 0.06% | 1 |
| Give it a couple of years. | 0.06% | 1 |
| What goes up must come down and here in the USA, we are due to take a down turn. I'm hoping it won't happen for another year or so, but when the new dictatorial administration comes into office next year all hopes are lost. | 0.06% | 1 |
| Economies crash on a regular basis, always when the economic and social conditions warrant it. | 0.06% | 1 |
| the sad thing is that we are naive to what is going on, with respect to how the economic interests of the rich and wealthy corporations are built into our politics regardless of party | 0.06% | 1 |
| Tariffs by the incoming clown will definitely affect our economy in a negative way. Good luck buying a new car... | 0.06% | 1 |
| ;) Elon & Trump Need To Bring A WORLD OF HURT To Our Economy! w/ Paul Stone - https://rumble.com/v5tdurb-elon-and-trump-need-to-bring-a-world-of-hurt-to-our-economy-w-paul-stone.html?e9s=src v1 ucp | 0.06% | 1 |
| traitor trumps tariffs, facist takeover will cause a full blown depression, buckle up people | 0.06% | 1 |
| the economy has been sabotaged the last four years, and It's been covered up. many say it's beyond repair. some think there's a way to fix it. let's see what the next four years bring. | 0.06% | 1 |
| With the prospects of the new Trump administration implementing more tax breaks for the super rich and corporations, the stock market is responding positively. While that is good news for Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, it's not going to help the poor. | 0.06% | 1 |
| There will always be ups and downs in the stock and bond markets. We can only hope that there is not a big crash and many lose their life savings. That woudl suck. | 0.06% | 1 |
| The market goes up, the market goes down. Kepp money in for the long haul and you should be ahead. Always deversify your money (stocks, bond, mutal funds, precious metals, annuities, CD's, etc.) | 0.06% | 1 |
| ... | 0.06% | 1 |
| Let it burn | 0.06% | 1 |
| No idea. | 0.06% | 1 |
| Yes there is something going to happen in the next ten years- its serious! | 0.06% | 1 |
| History will repeat itself because no one is paying enough attention to anything but themselves and their own interests. | 0.06% | 1 |
| We will see a return to a better economic situation for a few short years and then a total colapse into all out war. | 0.06% | 1 |
| My parents married and on their trip to Dad's farm the market crashed. We were very poor. Grasshoppers and drought left our farm barren. With hard work they survived, I was born. | 0.06% | 1 |
| Don't know | 0.06% | 1 |
| I predict that at the present progression of things around the world, we will in all likelyhood be drawn into a world war somewhere. drawn into a World | 0.06% | 1 |
| Lets get rich like tRump. | 0.06% | 1 |
| ITS CALLED FEAR MONGERING TO KEEP US DIVIDED BY RACE, ECONOMICS AND HATRED | 0.06% | 1 |
| Life is still unaffordable for most. Until inflation is corrected the economy will suffer. | 0.06% | 1 |
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4.
Health. There's so much information and misinformation out there, it's hard to even tell what's real and what's not! Which of these do you agree with? Trans fats are the devil
20%
488 votes
Sugar will kill you
23%
555 votes
Meat is bad for you
8%
203 votes
Eating fats will make you gain weight
15%
367 votes
Social media causes ADHD
9%
227 votes
Vaping is worse than smoking
22%
520 votes
A next pandemic will come soon!
15%
348 votes
Vaccines do more harm than good
10%
233 votes
Vegan/Vegetarian diets are insufficient to sustain your body
16%
376 votes
Intermittent Fasting is the best thing since sliced bread
7%
166 votes
Red meat causes cancer
7%
157 votes
A calorie is a calorie
20%
485 votes
Exercise can offset a bad diet
9%
227 votes
None of the above
34%
806 votes
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5.
Ukraine and Russia war is not showing signs of ending. The genocide in Palestine and the rest of the Middle East situation is reaching critical point. China is eying Taiwan and has tensions with all the South Asian countries over South China Sea. Sudan, Syria and Myanmar are under civil war. Many French colonies are trying to get independence. ... Seems like the amount of violence is critical and at any point could escalate. Do you think we'll live to see a 3rd world war soon? High chance for WW3 to start from Russia
11%
270 votes
High chance for WW3 to start from the Middle East
8%
191 votes
High chance for WW3 to start from China
7%
162 votes
WW3 has some chances, but I hope we learned from history and won't get there.
26%
629 votes
Nah, conflicts have always happened. WW3 is not in the books.
11%
271 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
53 votes
I don't have an opinion
34%
824 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.02% | 16 | |
| WW3 will come and destroy America to bring in the New Word Order | 0.06% | 1 |
| the US has the greatest power in the world to be a peacemaker with global allies to enact meaningful change | 0.06% | 1 |
| I am not sure on WWIII, if nations realize that they are going for nuclear war, the area they might be wanted to take over will be wrthless for many, many years,But it seems ourleaders are becoming more and more stupid so I could be wrong. | 0.06% | 1 |
| NASA's Langley Research Center presentation August 14, 2001: Future Strategic Issues/FUTURE WARFARE CIRCA 2025 https://alachuacounty.us/Depts/epd/EPAC/Future%20Strategic%20Issues%20-%20Future%20Warfare%20Circa%202025%20-%20NASA.pdf | 0.06% | 1 |
| ww3 courtesy of Donald Trump | 0.06% | 1 |
| To " " Larry Norman's "Peace :Pollutuion Recolutiuon," | 0.06% | 1 |
| Russia & the Middle East are connected, one false move and BOOM!! | 0.06% | 1 |
| yes . | 0.06% | 1 |
| High chance for WW3 to start from the United States | 0.06% | 1 |
| First Civil war in America and then 1,2, and 3 above. Possible vice-versa. I do fear a very unstable political environment for years to come. | 0.06% | 1 |
| First 3 options. | 0.06% | 1 |
| High chance for WW3 to start from USA | 0.06% | 1 |
| Maybe-pretty sure the orange clown is itching to "push the button." | 0.06% | 1 |
| i thought we were already there!! | 0.06% | 1 |
| Maybe, if it happens it because of America or because of its PROXIES. | 0.06% | 1 |
| WWIII has already begun. | 0.06% | 1 |
| i hope not | 0.06% | 1 |
| Thanks for a well-written and thought-provoking survey! | 0.06% | 1 |
| I pray not | 0.06% | 1 |
| AI will start WWIII | 0.06% | 1 |
| No one will survive a third world war. | 0.06% | 1 |
| Scripture in the bible tells us World War III is coming and Christ is going to end it by analyating all the nations armies that are surrounding Israel and Jerusalem and he will rule the nations with a rod of iron | 0.06% | 1 |
| I believe World War is a possibility if the entire World doesn't pull up it's socks and stamps out these who would like to get it started. | 0.06% | 1 |
| war with Korea | 0.06% | 1 |
| I lived through WW2 and friends in Ukraine now are living in the war zone. It is tough, but they are surviving | 0.06% | 1 |
| WW3 will come if people don t start opening their eyes and using their freedoms to make decisions for themselves and their fellow countrymen | 0.06% | 1 |
| With Trump there's very little chance of WWIII.Democrats nearly certain to have it. | 0.06% | 1 |
| If it starts it will be because of Biden decision. | 0.06% | 1 |
| High chance of WW3 to start from any country currently at war. | 0.06% | 1 |
| Donald Trump will save this nation and probably the world soon | 0.06% | 1 |
| Always expect the unexpected | 0.06% | 1 |
| We have been in ww3 for a long time just too blind to admit it | 0.06% | 1 |
| Genocide in Palestine? | 0.06% | 1 |
| Sneaks from other countries look for opportunities to bring on war- personal gain for their country? | 0.06% | 1 |
| Haven't you noticed some differences since the election? | 0.06% | 1 |
| not sure | 0.06% | 1 |
| I fear the near future. | 0.06% | 1 |
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