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Did you want to drive to work in a bulletproof motorcade? Because this is how you get heavily armed mobs.
by knieveltech 10y ago
Did you want to drive to work in a bulletproof motorcade? Because this is how you get heavily armed mobs.
- scarmig 10y agoI think the theory is you geographically segregate, with the people of the mob pointing their guns at each other and their children (and the furriners), while the elites isolate themselves in dense, expensive metropolitan areas and neighborhoods that have more in common with Shanghai, London, and Dubai than with Iowa. Voila! No motorcade necessary.
- knieveltech 10y agoGreat plan. I suppose a quick review of where food comes from is in order?
- politician 10y agoBy 2050, the majority of the food supply for the ~20 American arcologies will be sourced from a network of regional factory farms patrolled by lethal autonomous drones. The most prosperous arcologies, of course, will be fed by overseas trade received into nearby autonomous port systems. (Seriously, why aren't port operations already entirely automated?)
- knieveltech 10y agoOh, cool. Carry on then.
- Animats 10y ago(Seriously, why aren't port operations already entirely automated?) At the better ports, they are.[1] That's the Port of Rotterdam. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm_rlLyelQo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm_rlLyelQo
- wnevets 10y agoMost of them will die from meth and/or heroin long before they turn into heavily armed mobs