Posted on 03/07/2019 6:02:14 PM PST by RightGeek
The phone rings with its piercing "I don't care if you set do-not-disturb" ring. You wake, heart pounding. It's Mom.
"Mom? What happened? What's wrong?"
"It's your grandmother, honey. She's in the National Health — she fell and broke her hip."
"Oh my God! What are they doing?"
"Right now, they're keeping her comfortable. The Surgery Board meets today at 10, but she's 86, and, well..." her voice trails off.
You understand what she means without either of you saying it out loud. Grandma is a retired teacher, no priority points for that, and Polish-Americans don't get extra social credit.
"Honey, you might want to come out. Grandma hasn't seen you in years."
"Right, Mom. I'll be there as soon as I can." She hangs up. You climb down from the loft of your little house, sit down at the dining room table/desk, and link your phone to the bigger screen.
First place to look is the airlines, but you don't hold much hope. You own a convenience store, and while you make a fairly good living even after paying taxes including the wealth tax on the store itself, it's not like being a government employee — not much social credit for running a store. Still, you might luck out.
But you don't. No seats are available for anyone with your social credit. You try the lottery, but that's a long shot and they won't draw a name for hours.
The high-speed rail runs through Elko, where you live, but it doesn't stop there — the nearest station for the eastbound train is in Salt Lake City, 400 kilometers away. You could lease an Ecocar, but it only has a 200-kilometer range.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
“You are obsolete”
BFLR..
thanks
This is an outstanding...OUTSTANDING article and right on the mark. Avoiding this is something worth FIGHTING FOR.
Is This Over The Top?
As I wrote it, I wondered. But it’s all based on the Green New Deal FAQ, and other real statements from real Democrat politicians. (”Maybe grandma should just take a pain pill instead of having an expensive operation.”)
The other things are all in the GND. “Unnecessary” air travel — but we know it will still exist for “important” people. High-speed trains on conventional track — but only managing 140 mph because of the limits of conventional tracks and rights of way. Eliminating private cars and internal-combustion engines, and replacing them with “socially responsible” mass transit.
Air travel? High speed rails? Makes a fairly comfortable living? Owns a convenience store?
This story is obviously set in the first ten years of the GND socialist paradise.
Saved for a later read.
Also just d/l the Deep Adaptation paper.
You didn’t hear the latest from the Mensa Mutant AOC, Private Jets are so OK!
“Social Credits” is a perfect term. If you are white, Christian, conservative and other unacceptable things, you’re SOL. No Social Credits for you.
I’m sure that will be one of the ways that Social Security is modified. Your payout will depend on your Social Credit points. A great way to “fix” the funding problem.
IMHO the BEST Twilight Zone episode.
Good point. They’ll make life in “1984” look like paradise.
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Not dissimilar to a sci-fi book I read a while ago.
Already, they have their own gold plated health system.
Excellent. I hope to be dead by the time this comes to pass.
After the next DemonRAT President issues the Pelosi EO to confiscate all our weapons this will be a reality.
So, when is the movie coming out?
It chaps my butt that so many people can’t think critically and figure out what’s going on. The typical dumb ass Liberal doesn’t realize he’s basically being used and is a Useful Idiot for the Left.
Title?
Regards,
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