Retirement
I expect to be turned into food.
Here’s my prediction: no matter how much they reset, there will always be a need for plumbers.
I wish I had my 10 minutes back. The article was a big fat nothing.
Years ago, I read about developing a “skills portfolio” that is diversified like any stock portfolio. Have a skill with your hands, a skill with your brain, in several unrelated fields.
Cutting hair and owning a mortuary.
Best career? Gulag Director.
Long article is right. I read it. The you don’t own anything and like it will never happen. Property taxes are the main reason. That is the main source of revenue for states and local governments. That won’t happen. The rest. Some maybe. The article hates capitalism which is disappointing.
Ping
Well, the folks who electrified by the dream of not having to pay their student loans back aren't too 'electrified' now.
Jack boot polisher. Prison guard. Speech patrol.
“You will own nothing”
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That is slavery. The new plantation owners are the Western elitists. Klaus for one.
TL/DR (yet)
The slogan “You will own nothing and be happy,” sounds like my annual software subscriptions to Microsoft 360 and Norton.
You pay an annual fee and you are allowed to use their current version of the software. They can change the interfaces through updates anytime they want. They can decide at any time to access any personal data/images you’ve stored on THEIR software for management purposes..
So what happens when we are just subscribers for housing or transportation, or food? What happens to us proles when the terms of the subscription are updated say…to meet climate change use reductions?
Look no further than dairy farms in the Netherlands, Germans freezing in their apartments, and NYS/NYC.
Of course, we cannot omit the housing advocates in the US who want to reform “systematic racism” zoning laws so that low income small apartment buildings/ small home clusters can be built in suburban neighborhoods so that suburbanites also can enjoy the s _ _ t shows going on nightly in urban neighborhoods. You won’t own your home anymore so the environment will be similar to public housing estates in the UK.
Ditto for transportation. Yes, EVs will replace you fossil fuel-powered cars and trucks. But you won’t own them, so you’ll take what the AI’s algorithm says you need. And maybe the algorithm will say bus, bike or walk…everywhere.
The exercise will do you good since the one and only public health system has evaluated your last mandatory physical results and says you are overweight and need to lose afew. (Well, actually more than just “afew.”) In addition to the walking and/or biking, your food rations will be reduced. Since you can’t be trusted to make your own nutritional decisions, maybe you should be enrolled in a prepared meals service with the boxes delivered straight to your door. That also will cut down on unnecessary travel to the grocery store. Are you not glad to meeting the climate change use reductions?
And if you notice the boxes are getting lighter, don’t worry. A calorie-restricted diet is probably good for you. And it will help the planet, too.
(Of course, less people to provide all these goods and services too would be even better. Just sayin…)
Finally, since all these changes require long term commitment to implement, these matters are best left in the hands of experts. The people are just too shortsighted to be trusted to maintain the dedication and focus needed to implement such changes. But leaders are fickle, being easily swayed by public sentiment. So, rather than holding actual elections with their uncertain outcomes, let’s just turn the whole, messy creating and operating the reset society over to AI.
What could possibly go wrong?
Not to worry...
“Education == Indoctrination” is the key to success in the bleak future...
Kindergartens, high-schools, & universities all fully prepare the Nation for permanent serfdom...