This, cubed.
They're openly waving their dicks in our faces, trolling so some "deplorable" snaps in a big, bloody manner with lots of publicity. Whatever form it takes, it'll provide 'justification' for the Big Round-Up™ of "trouble-makers".
Perfectly consistent with what I consider to be the prime purpose of Starlink: To beam the Western [Globohomo Consoom] "lifestyle" into every designated-shitting-street in the Global South.
And the eco-loonies wonder why they can't get any traction in the 3rd-world.
probably no phones (even landline anymore)
Land-line, in the sense it existed in 1965 is almost universally being dismantled in favor of VOIP.
It's almost as if someone dosn't like distributed systems and prefers those that can be switched off from one location. (I'm not saying the old telco model didn't have choke/failure points, but there were a lot of them)
We could be reduced to schlepping our 'blockchains' between Barter-towns on USB sticks.
You're hosed, kiddy-sniffer.
You're playing the same record as the dumbass Brits did the other day, with their "Cap electric bills and spend (print) 40+ billion pounds to 'fight inflation' ".
In the US's case, it's "stop fossil fuels to save the environment", except It'll take all the remaining hydrocarbons on Earth to build up that Renewable Energy™ infrastructure to support 8 billion people at today's levels of 'inequality'.
Note: 1-3 above mostly address electric power generation. The role of natgas in agricultural fertilizer production is a whole other issue, given the declining quality of 'soil' in food-producing countries.
They don't want anyone saving, or exhibiting any other Future-Time Orientation.
Just like other hyperinflation shit-holes. I'm sure "our" version will include this feature, in order to 'prevent hoarding'.
If you don't spend every dime you get, the second you get it, you're disturbing the "velocity of money", prole! (Also, you aren't giving .gov an opportunity to collect more sales tax)
Sorry, wrong analogy this time.
This bldg. is more like the Grenfell Tower fire where...
due to the building's new cladding and insulation
...the fire spread rapidly up the outside.
outlying shithole
If you're such a "research bug", try San Antonio TX.
Gas costs what governments say it does. Perhaps your area needs a change.
Just in time for the mandatory Fed-approved CBDC! Now with built-in social-credit scores!
Someone explain to me: How do the 'coin' nerds get away with calling the government-monopoly internet "decentralized"?