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I envision a future where every store, every restaurant, every business, every public place is on lockdown. Only your chip will unlock the door to allow you inside, where it immediately locks behind you. Only your chip will allow you to buy anything.
Sounds nice and convenient. But one day, you find you can't get into any store. You're hungry, what are you supposed to do?
Well, long story short, you eventually find out that you mentioned the n-word in a conversation with a friend at home last week while watching tv. And your tv heard it, and reported you for it. Or your smart phone heard it, and reported you. Doesn't really matter how they found out.
So you've been locked out of all stores and restaurants. Because they refuse to do business with racists. If they do, it'll immediately be all over social media, and they'll be boycotted. Or hell, maybe the controllers will decide to blacklist the chip of the business owner.
This is just one example of thousands and thousands of different scenarios.
What gets you blacklisted: it could be racism. Or being gay. Or not being attracted to fat people. Or it was detected that a minor was in your vicinity when you had your last orgasm. It'll really depends on what the controllers decide.
Being blacklisted means you can't get into your car. If you break a window, it won't start anyway because of your chip. All your money is in a bank account (paper money is illegal) so you can't touch one cent of it. You can't manage your bank account anyway, without internet access. It will be illegal for anyone to access the internet without permission from your chip. So, say goodbye to the internet and every facet of modern society if you're blacklisted.
This is the future that chipping brings us. Whether you want it, whether you don't want it. Whether you see it as a utopia, whether you see it as horrifying. Its inevitable.
And we always looked forward to a "Star Trek" future. Nope, just this.
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