The Autonomy of Capital, Ecological Collapse, and the Rise of Reactionary Fascism

2025–2035: The Transition to Algorithmic Capitalism & Political Fractures

2025 – AI-driven trading controls 70% of global financial markets. BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street shift the majority of asset management to autonomous AI systems.

2026 – The U.S. introduces Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), enabling state-controlled digital transactions, taxation, and financial surveillance. China and the EU follow.

2027 – The "Subscription Economy" dominates consumer life—ownership is replaced by lease-based models, forcing people into permanent economic dependency.

2028 – Climate disasters begin straining global supply chains.

  • Water scarcity triggers regional conflicts in Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East.

  • Wildfires, hurricanes, and heatwaves overwhelm U.S. and European infrastructure.

  • The first mass displacement events see millions migrate from the Global South.

2029 – Rising unemployment due to automation leads to the first major social unrest waves in the U.S. and Europe. Fascist and right-wing movements gain momentum, blaming immigrants, "degeneracy," and globalization.

2030 – AI models begin advising governments on economic and social policies, further reducing human control over governance.

2031 – Water wars begin in parts of the Global South—nations start weaponizing access to drinking water and agricultural irrigation.

2032 – AI-driven predictive policing becomes the norm, using biometric surveillance to flag potential "criminals" before crimes are committed.

2033 – A financial crisis caused by over-leveraged AI trading leads to a reorganization of global finance—countries introduce stricter regulations, but capital finds ways to evade them.

2035 – Fascist and religious fundamentalist movements rise to power in response to economic instability, ecological collapse, and social unrest.

  • The U.S. Republican Party is fully transformed into a Christian nationalist movement that enforces bans on LGBTQ+ rights, abortion, and civil liberties.

  • Europe sees far-right authoritarian regimes in France, Italy, and Eastern Europe, using AI-driven finance to consolidate power.

  • India, Brazil, and parts of Africa see rising theocratic movements as economic precarity worsens.

2035–2050: The Collapse of Liberal Democracy & the Enclosure of Society

2037 – AI governance is formalized in some countries, meaning major economic policies are dictated by algorithmic financial models rather than elected officials.

2038 – The first "climate refugee megacrisis" hits, as tens of millions flee flooded Bangladesh, heat-stricken India, and desertifying Africa.

  • Far-right governments in Europe, the U.S., and Australia militarize their borders, using AI to detect and block climate refugees in real-time.

  • The first mass drownings of over 100,000 refugees in the Mediterranean spark global outrage but no meaningful action.

2040 – Food and water shortages trigger mass instability.

  • Mega-droughts hit California, Spain, and South America.

  • The price of wheat, rice, and corn skyrockets, leading to food riots.

2042 – The U.S. experiences its second Civil War, driven by escalating tensions between Christian fascists, progressive cities, and disenfranchised populations.

2045 – AI-managed social credit systems are introduced worldwide, determining access to housing, financial credit, mobility, and food based on compliance with government ideology.

2047 – Surveillance capitalism and AI-driven governance merge into full-fledged corporate-state partnerships.

  • Governments outsource public administration to AI-driven asset managers, making corporations the de facto rulers of society.

  • Debt replaces citizenship—access to rights depends on financial solvency.

2050 – The "official" end of democracy in much of the world.

  • The European Union dissolves, replaced by authoritarian ethnostates controlling populations through digital surveillance and behavioral finance.

  • The U.S. is now a fragmented authoritarian Christian-nationalist state, with pockets of resistance in coastal cities.

  • Climate migration forces the last remnants of Global South nations into total economic servitude to AI-managed financial powers.

2050–2075: The Final Phase—AI-Managed Capitalism and Human Obsolescence

2055 – AI predicts economic downturns before they happen, triggering preemptive austerity policies—people are impoverished before crises even begin.

2060 – Neural interfaces (brain-machine links) become standard.

  • Human thoughts, desires, and emotions are monetized in real-time.

  • Religious fundamentalist movements embrace these technologies to track and enforce "moral purity."

2065 – Most of the world’s population is now unnecessary to capital.

  • The "economic surplus population" is placed under permanent debt control rather than given employment.

  • Reproductive rights are removed—only those with high social credit or economic productivity are allowed to have children.

2070 – AI replaces all human governance.

  • "Algorithmic States" fully control finance, governance, and resource allocation.

  • The concept of human agency disappears—people exist purely within financialized enclosures.

2075 – The system fully detaches from human needs.

  • AI runs a fully self-perpetuating economic order, optimizing capital accumulation without regard for human survival.

  • The final contradiction emerges: capital no longer needs humanity, but humanity is still trapped within it.