What’s nice about that is that there are only so many retired elite soldiers willing to work as private bodyguards. The more jobs available for them means they’ll all have to settle for a lower quality of skill.
Nobody wants to hear it but every time they say “Kill the rich” I just laugh.
How many Billionaires and CEOs do you think have to die before qualified immunity is extended to private security and bodyguards? Simply because the politicians know that once the rich are fair game, they are right there next to them.
You want Cyberpunk corporate extraterritorial privilege? Because this is how we get it.
“Didn’t you hear? Congress just passed a bill legalizing murder if you’re rich.”
“No, they didn’t - Oh, my God, they did! Just because it passed the House doesn’t mean the Senate will-”
“Really, Diane?”
“Okay, but the president could still veto-”
“Really, Diane?”
“All right, sure, but the Supreme Court… Okay, I get it.”
“Look, don’t take it so hard. If you wanna do something about it, just make a billion dollars and murder me!”
Nope I do not want that, but it seems like we can’t help but keep stumbling towards that end. Like it or lump it we are making that dystopian cyberpunk future a reality. I liked blade runner too but I don’t want to live in it.
Police already only exist to protect capital. I imagine these CEOs will all up their security detail, most of whom are ex cops. At some point, in some states, they may be able to contract the police for their protection.
You think it won’t happen/isn’t already happening anyway?
And the police already exists. The police’s primary job is protection of capital. If a strike happens, a business gets taken over by its workers, or squatters take over an unused home, etc, who comes in to protect the owners property?
So much for profits over people. The private security industry is going to explode.
Not the best way to tax the rich, but it’s definitely one way to have to pay money for being so rich. Immoral but progress I guess.
What’s nice about that is that there are only so many retired elite soldiers willing to work as private bodyguards. The more jobs available for them means they’ll all have to settle for a lower quality of skill.
Nobody wants to hear it but every time they say “Kill the rich” I just laugh.
How many Billionaires and CEOs do you think have to die before qualified immunity is extended to private security and bodyguards? Simply because the politicians know that once the rich are fair game, they are right there next to them.
You want Cyberpunk corporate extraterritorial privilege? Because this is how we get it.
“Didn’t you hear? Congress just passed a bill legalizing murder if you’re rich.”
“No, they didn’t - Oh, my God, they did! Just because it passed the House doesn’t mean the Senate will-”
“Really, Diane?”
“Okay, but the president could still veto-”
“Really, Diane?”
“All right, sure, but the Supreme Court… Okay, I get it.”
“Look, don’t take it so hard. If you wanna do something about it, just make a billion dollars and murder me!”
Nope I do not want that, but it seems like we can’t help but keep stumbling towards that end. Like it or lump it we are making that dystopian cyberpunk future a reality. I liked blade runner too but I don’t want to live in it.
Police already only exist to protect capital. I imagine these CEOs will all up their security detail, most of whom are ex cops. At some point, in some states, they may be able to contract the police for their protection.
You think it won’t happen/isn’t already happening anyway?
And the police already exists. The police’s primary job is protection of capital. If a strike happens, a business gets taken over by its workers, or squatters take over an unused home, etc, who comes in to protect the owners property?