Add in a billion people who have no idea what a free election is, and a couple hundred million who most certainly do know, along with Chinese cash getting low, and you've the makings for the ancient curse... ‘May you live in interesting times.’
Who knows what the future will bring; I know what the past brings and if that is the best we can do, I'll roll the dice on the future.
"Wishcasting": now that's an apt term if I ever saw one.
I often refer to it as "thinking with their mouths".