Not really. The activism is only tolerated as long as it gives the government an excuse to do what it wanted anyway. Can't get it through the legislature? Have your pet activists push it through the courts instead.
The activists themselves might even be sincere, but their organizations exist by the grace of their funding, which will simply be pulled once they're no longer useful. They'll be too busy working real jobs to annoy anyone much anymore.
We have assisted suicide and illiterate children now ( thanks government lockdowns ). The movie was wrong about the demographic makeup of the illiterate youth though.
Next week: California announces eco-friendly plan for horse-drawn transportation
Week after: California asks horse owners to put the horses down to mitigate the tidal wave of manure the plan from the week before has generated.
The CA government is fine with shit in the streets. They'd complain that horse farts were causing climate change.
Eh, they'd turn their principles in in a heartbeat if they thought it'd give them a genuine chance at an authoritarian state.
Not really. The activism is only tolerated as long as it gives the government an excuse to do what it wanted anyway. Can't get it through the legislature? Have your pet activists push it through the courts instead.
The activists themselves might even be sincere, but their organizations exist by the grace of their funding, which will simply be pulled once they're no longer useful. They'll be too busy working real jobs to annoy anyone much anymore.
Next decade: California bans watching of Soylent Green.
California announces new government food policy.
Heh.
I don’t know if folks realize this, but “Soylent Green” is set in…2022. (The book it is somewhat based on is set in 1999.)
Friends and I watched it last week. It is surprising how much of it is true today: I think one of my friends actually made a list.
We have assisted suicide and illiterate children now ( thanks government lockdowns ). The movie was wrong about the demographic makeup of the illiterate youth though.
There's also a brand of meal-replacement shakes called Soylent.
Nyc is banning horse drawn carriages to replace them with electric vehicles lol. But horse drawn carriages are a popular tourist activity.
If the end result of this is that the Amish take over California I'm calling it a net positive.