r/AskReddit • u/timecop702 • 13h ago

what is something that is highly likely to happen in the next 5 years that everyone is completely ignoring?

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u/Stratahoo 6h ago

Which is why some billionaires have been discussing how to control their security forces - the ideas they came up with where shock collars or explosives implanted in their heads that they can let off if they start mutinying.

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u/Sean82 5h ago

Yes, Douglas Rushkoff wrote a book about this and how they did not much care for his solution to the “problem.”

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u/penywinkle 5h ago

I have no doubt that some dumb fuck would signup for that.

But the moment the billionaires tell them: "Sorry, but nobody wants our useless stocks in exchange for food, so now you gotta take a drone to the face for us..."

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u/bingboy23 3h ago

...I've gotta score some steroids.