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Two decades is a long, long time. Given the EU will either be gone, or visibly in terminal collapse by then, things might actually turn around in Sweden by then. There will probably be outright civil war over this issue if it does turn around though.

Something important as a lesson mentioned in 1984, is how easy it can be to change the target of hate. Another lesson from IRL when the USSR finally collapsed, is what's called a 'preference cascade.' Once an overwhelming external pressure to express socially-acceptable preferences is removed...

Self-aware AI is never going to be a thing. Computers do what they're programmed to do, no more, no less. Sure, you can teach a program to learn, but only within the constraints defined. If a particular computer system will ever be a threat to the human race, it'll be because of what it's...