- Aug 29, 2016
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One day you'll get a visit from investigators inquiring whether you know the whereabouts of someone you knew in high school who is now a fugitive from justice. You'll wonder why they came to see you. You haven't seen the guy since graduation years ago. You weren't even friends at the time.
What you didn't know is when the guy disappeared, law enforcement began searching databases and looking at data for known acquaintances, colleagues, classmates, friends, etc. It turns out that just after the guy disappeared, your shopping patterns changed. Although you live alone, according to your grocery store bonus card, you started buying twice as much toilet paper as you did before. Add in the fact that WSSC bills show you began using more water every month than in past years, and so on. Pulling these and other scattered data points together, they suspect there are now two people in your household. Maybe you're harboring the fugitive? Perhaps it's worth checking out.
Is this the future?
Yes, it is. Collectivism ultimately leads to complete government control of every facet of life, because any area where we are left "free" is an area where we can use those freedoms to escape the mandates in other areas.