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Mx Amber Alex

@schratze there's a 70s SF novel called Gravitor (Hugh Darrington) that, among other things, is about how all of society has to wear a wristband (much like a smartwatch) that's connected to their bank account, and all public amenities (houses, phones, internet terminals) require a symbolic payment of 1 credit, and the protagonist has his forcibly taken from him, which permanently exiles him from society.

Seems a little more real every day.

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Mx Amber Alex

@schratze (funny enough, I can find more info on the author and book in German (Satellit auf falscher Bahn) than in English… can we call that The Hooters phenomenon?

schratze

@amberage lmao what's the connection to Hooters?

Mx Amber Alex

@schratze The Hooters (band, not the boobs restaurant) are a lot more successful in Europe, Germany especially, than at home.

schratze

@amberage this is a common dystopian scenario, it goes all the way back to the Book of Revelations lmao

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