We are 90% there already. In many states, solar panels and usage have extra taxes. Most solar installations are grid tied and electricity sale prices to the company are fixed at a small fraction of their sale prices from those companies. Worse, if power goes out, you can’t use solar to stay electrified because electricity would leak out and potentially electrocute nearby line men.

Wait! The darling of the conspiracy theory wingnut flat earther, pizzagate crowd is pushing government certified identification requirements???

We have found the number of the beast, and it is X (and the neurochip he’s pushing)

Noaw I understand why so many people hate shorts! I never use the official app or browser to watch, so I don’t see the advertisements.

Actually, that’s not true. Quality of product and communist countries is generally low because there is no incentive to do quality work.

Your point is valid, but it lacks the empathy for all the people who are displaced. In our society, displaced people are not given help to find a new place.

When a skilled worker is displaced, and can no longer find work in their skills, their choices are to spend a huge amount of money to go back to college or trade school to get new skills or be forever lost in low-income jobs.

Going from $100,000 per year to $40,000 per year overnight is devastating.

As long as this doesn’t get repurposed to regulate “social credit”, this is fine.