Massive social unrest will come before the next US presidential election
Predictor: Dave Blundin · ep#234 "Anthropic vs. The Pentagon, Claude Outpaces ChatGPT, and Consulting Gets Replaced" · source
Prediction text
Massive social unrest will come before the next US presidential election | there's going to be massive social unrest, huge social unrest and it's imminent. It's coming, you know, toward the end of this near certainly before the next presidential election.
Verbatim quote
there's going to be massive social unrest, huge social unrest and it's imminent. It's coming, you know, toward the end of this near certainly before the next presidential election.
Predictor: Dave Blundin
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Milestone chain
- 2026-01-23hitICE-related shooting triggers general strike + 50K+ marchHow: Mass protest of ≥50K people in single city following ICE killing of civilian, with hundreds of business closuresSource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_mass_deportation_during_the_second_Trump_administration — Renée Good killing Jan 7 2026, 50K march Jan 23conf 95%
- 2026-03-28hitMarch 2026 No Kings protests — largest single-day protest in US historyHow: Coordinated nationwide protest exceeding 5M participants in single day, opposing Trump second-term policiesSource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2026_No_Kings_protests — 8-9M protesters across 3,300 events, March 28 2026conf 99%Notes: HIT — largest single-day US protest ever, ~8-9M people. Confirms 'massive social unrest' framing well before next presidential election.
- 2026-03-28hitSustained tear-gas dispersals at protests in major US citiesHow: Documented use of tear gas / non-lethal munitions to disperse protesters in ≥3 major US metros (LA, Seattle, others)Source: Center for American Progress, Wikipedia tracking of 2026 No Kings protestsconf 95%
- 2026-01-01 → 2026-12-31pendingPolitical-violence assassination event during 2026How: Targeted political violence event covered in mainstream press — assassination, attempted assassination, or large casualty political attackSource: Washington Post — Trump as target of political violence, April 2026conf 85%Notes: WaPo reports broader political violence trend 2026; specific events ongoing.
- 2027-01-01 → 2028-11-30pendingProtest momentum carries through 2027–2028 election cycleHow: Continued recurring protest events with ≥1M participants in calendar 2027 or 2028Source: Resistance movement trajectory tracked by Harvard Ash Center, Britannicaconf 65%Notes: Cascade — Blundin's prediction is satisfied if pre-2028-election unrest persists at scale.
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Edges that influence THIS node's belief
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| killer | TK09 Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall) | 35.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | -0.088 |
| prereq | SEM_015 Nvidia agreed to remit 15% of China chip-sale revenue direct — Jensen Huang | 66.3% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.076 |
| prereq | SEM_027 Nvidia Data Center revenue +66% YoY, contributing ~90% of $5 — Joseph Moore | 68.3% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.075 |
| killer | TK05 Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028) | 30.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | -0.060 |
| killer | TK03 AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | +0.050 |
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| prereq | 246_017 Europa Clipper will arrive at Jupiter in 2030, conducting 50 — Peter Diamandis | 37.7% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.035 |
| prereq | 247_035 Dario Amodei will solve most/all neurological diseases by en — Dario Amodei | 38.8% | 0.700 | 0.050 | -0.021 |
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Prerequisites (11)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | SEM_011 | Nvidia became the world's first $5 trillion company (late 2025), operating a near-monopoly on advanced AI chips. | Capital Markets | — |
| prereq | SEM_027 | Nvidia Data Center revenue +66% YoY, contributing ~90% of $57B fiscal Q3 revenue; >$4.5T market cap entirely underpinned by AI silicon. | Capital Markets | — |
| prereq | SEM_014 | Nvidia's Arizona-based TSMC factory successfully fabricated cutting-edge semiconductors on US soil for first time in decades (October 2025). | Manufacturing | — |
| prereq | SEM_012 | Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling human headcount — achieved by deploying AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code) across engineering. | AI/Manufacturing | — |
| prereq | SEM_015 | Nvidia agreed to remit 15% of China chip-sale revenue directly to US government in exchange for reversing specific AI chip export bans. | Policy/Semis | — |
| correlate | S_AI_PAUSE_2027 | AI pause beginning 2027 | ai_regulatory_pause | — |
| killer | TK09 | Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall) | — | — |
| killer | TK05 | Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028) | — | — |
| killer | TK01 | AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | — | — |
| killer | TK02 | AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption) | — | — |
| killer | TK03 | AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | — | — |
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| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 247_035 | Dario Amodei will solve most/all neurological diseases by end of decade | Biotech/Longevity | — |
| prereq | 230_020 | Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's license. | Auto/Transport | — |
| prereq | 246_017 | Europa Clipper will arrive at Jupiter in 2030, conducting 50 passes near Europa. | Space | — |
| prereq | 246_016 | Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 2034. | Space | — |
| prereq | 240_036 | TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electric needs by 2040 | Energy | — |
Expected milestones (1)
| Expected by | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2028-12-31 | [Geopolitics 2028-12] ates; major institutional-crisis events [234_035] Massive social unrest will come before the next US presidential election [INF_002] DoD/IC formal AGI-era DC security rules; export-control expansion to weights; cleared-personnel requ | pending |
Linked documents (10)
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"context": "Yeah. I I I don't see I mean I'm on the ground watching our own companies. These numbers are right and the new opportunities will emerge for sure, but they're laggy and so there's going to be massive social unrest, huge social unrest and it's imminent. It's coming, you know, toward the end of this near certainly before the next presidential election.",
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