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Once everything in the home is connected, governments can pass laws that essentially force appliance manufactures to limit use of appliances. In the name of cli
by nemo44x 4y ago
Once everything in the home is connected, governments can pass laws that essentially force appliance manufactures to limit use of appliances. In the name of climate change or w/e.
Everyone is limited to 1 dishwasher session during drought season. Fridges run a few degrees warmer during heat waves to conserve energy.
Or it gets factored into your personal and family ESG score which can be used to discriminate.
Are you doing your part, comrade?
- Gunnerhead 4y agoThis is terrifying.
- jonnycomputer 4y agoThis seems extremely unlikely to me.
- lupire 4y agoMuch easier to just limit total electricity or water usage, at the meter. "Comrade", if you source your own water and don't rely on "communism when it's convenient for me", water limits aren't a problem.
- ryandrake 4y ago> Are you doing your part, comrade? Your dig at communism doesn't make sense: This dystopia you describe is being actively built by capitalist companies operating within a market economy and encouraged by democratically elected governments.
- nemo44x 4y agoThe commies never gave up. They marched through the institutions and created de facto commissars within the corporate structure which are generally a part of HR. The commissars are called DEI and ESG now.
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