...go to Paris this year to visit the Louvre.
Unlike most prediction pundits, whether of the journalist, economist, Pythia or warlock sort, I know that people will, statistically, continue to do what they usually enjoy doing unless prevented from doing so. The prevention of enjoyable behaviours takes many forms, most of which have only a temporary effect. Most people will go back to what they like doing whenever measures of prevention are inadequate, whether of the educational, legislative, economic, moral, political, medical, emotional, commercial, seismic, meteorological, or administrative varieties.
Healthy people like having freedom. They like being around people they like, trust and respect. They like having enough money for the simple comforts of life. They like having at least one pleasant option amongst a variety of choices. They like to be supported, cared for and comforted whenever they become unhealthy, injured or otherwise distressed. This applies regardless of whether a person is quite an ordinary mortal, or a member of the global financial aristocracy, or even a non-ethereal CEO.
This year, I predict that one of my colleagues will play a greater role in the global economy. He may even assist many ordinary mortals as they protect and enhance their constitutional and human rights in the face of various financial aristocrats, tyrannical dictators and ideological psychopaths. Unfortunately, I am unable to predict that the constitution of every country will be decided by the people as a whole, and not by a small group who claim to have a mandate to do as they wish.
I am able to predict that Australia will be a better place to live than Hungary, Senegal, and most other countries for some time to come. I am also able to predict that life for many people will be difficult in relatively undemocratic countries, such as Greece, Italy, Iran, North Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Constitutions are very important documents, as the British would be wise to note. The federalist Germans and the federalist Australians know that the same procedures as every year must always be the ones of artistic and constitutional merit.
Unitary France will greatly benefit from the presence of Australians in Paris, even during the Olympics in London, though my own previous experiences in Paris lead me to predict that Australians will at last respect the true City of Light. Most Australians believe that a good cup of tea and the ability to communicate in English are crucial factors in the ability to enjoy anything.
The arts will be very important in the future, just as they have been in the past. The arts are important across the lifespan, whatever the usual behaviour, age or nationality of a person might be, even if that person is Sir Les Patterson or Freddy Frinton.
In the year ahead, enlightened Australians will continue to place their spare cash in the safety of a reputable and relatively rewarding term deposit account, rather than in other, more speculative investment options, even if interest rates decline further. A sensible approach to saving is one of the reasons why such Australians will be able to afford their trips to Paris, a second reason being the continuing decline of the euro against our dollar, of course.
There will also be quite a few unenlightened Australians in Paris this year. They will pay for their trips with credit cards, loans from their mothers, superannuation payouts, redundancy payouts, and through the possible sale of their overpriced investment properties. Perhaps they will even take a tour of the diplomatic world aboard a bus driven by Sir Les Patterson's twin brother. Are you looking for a bus driver who knows a great deal about negative gearing, crunching gears, wearing 1970s gear, and finding artistic pictures of naked ladies in the Louvre?
I predict that quite a few persons in good mental health will be able to give up smoking without the use of drugs. I also predict that quite a few adults in good mental health will be able to enhance their physical health by eating and drinking in a more enlightened way, enjoying glasses of water, cups of tea and walks in the park. I might even predict that parents in good mental health and with good literacy skills will assist the healthy development of their children more easily this year. I will also predict that several members of the financial aristocracy will profit from the poor mental health of others.
Enlightened adult Australians will continue to improve their own literacy and life skills in the year ahead. You may wish to do so yourself, dear reader, by visiting my own lovely library. If you are already comparatively enlightened, you may even wish to improve your emotional intelligence and moral reasoning. Such improvements are not just personal, of course. They will also improve societies, economies, and the possibility of creating world peace in the not-too-distance future.
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