Agreed. The future for the masses is "freedom" to be a wage slave to whatever corporation provides a "job". It's weird how dystopian fiction seemed outlandish

Agreed. The future for the masses is "freedom" to be a wage slave to whatever corporation provides a "job". It's weird how dystopian fiction seemed outlandish to me around 10 years ago, but now seems pretty on target. I'd love to be proven wrong, but as you say, the rent-seeking is too damn high. I live in the US at the moment, but definitely looking to leave to somewhere with an actual social safety net / infrastructure. Nowhere is perfect, but damn if the USA isn't moving backwards. I imagine the top plan to just hide in their fortresses / go overseas if it goes to hell (as the dystopian fiction tried to foretell).