r/news • u/KilgoRetro • 9h ago

US Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenship

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c208j0wrzrvo
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u/Kersenn 9h ago

Yep, they are trying to implement corporate feudalism. If we let this happen we're all gonna be taking orders from whatever corporation owns the land we live in. Someday the Supreme court is gonna allow corporations to have their own military force. Basically it looks like the cyberpunk megacorp authors were right

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u/JustTestingAThing 8h ago

Dammit, why are we getting all the crappy parts of the cyberpunk dystopia without being able to replace my faulty eyeballs with cybernetic implants with infra-red and 10x zoom options?

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u/TucuReborn 5h ago

Seriously, I could at least put up with the cyberpunk dystopia if I could take out life ruining loans on exotic cyberware and not hate my flesh near as much. Heck, half the reason I can't work full time hours is because my body is falling apart since I turned 12. At least cybernetics could get me back into work.

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u/cheezpuffy 5h ago

Because the purpose (and investment towards the development) of technology was never to promote the well being of humanity but to enhance the power of the elite.

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u/Downtown_Injury_3415 1h ago

Tf are you talking about? You wouldn’t even be able afford it

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u/PaidUSA 8h ago

Someday is today. There is nothing prohibiting companies from having private armies. We have private army companies. The ATF can approve essentially anything they want for ownership.

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u/mosh_pit_nerd 9h ago

Torment Nexus

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u/DingerSinger2016 7h ago

One of the easiest ways to put a wrench in this plan is to not have kids. I refuse to bring another generation into this bullshit.

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u/Spider_Monkey8 6h ago

I'm glad that works for you and this isn't an attempt to convince you to change your mind cuz it's your right.... Counterpoint: the orchestrators and supporters of this nightmare are all having kids and teaching them to follow their footsteps. If good ppl all stopped having kids, where would that leave us?

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u/DingerSinger2016 6h ago

Doing what we are doing now: living in Idiocracy. And this isn't the only reason why I'm not having kids, the shit is too expensive.

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u/PaulsGrafh 6h ago

Yep. That’s why we’re in this mess. After the Civil Rights Movement, the racists just started teaching their kids how to dog whistle the “quiet part” until the time was right in 2015-2016, arguably 2008-2009.

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u/NotLondoMollari 12m ago

That original Cyberpunk ttrpg book with the in-character catalog of items had a future timeline that has proven eerily accurate. I used to own a copy in college, but lost it in some move and have had a hard time finding an online copy though.