Bernie Sanders introduces a bill to give US citizens a 50% ownership stake in ‘large’ AI companies
It is estimated every citizen will be paid more than $1,000 annually
does anyone remember that guy who misremembered this scene as a whole cartoon itself when he was really young and it cause a decade long search for it on reddit
> be me, 28m wagie living in Delhi
> wake up at 8 AM for my IT coolie job
> look out window, can’t see anything except a Grey haze
> neighbhourhood looks like the inside of a tandoor that hasn't been cleaned since 1947
> chest feeling heavy, congestion built up in lungs
> must be the weather changing
> check phone
> open IQAir app (Western propaganda tool)
> screen is deep purple
> AQI 650: "Hazardous. Do not breathe. Just die."
> panic.jpg
> am I being gaslit by the atmosphere?
> turn on nationalist TV news channel
> see senior Minister
> looks calm, composed, probably breathing filtered Himalayan air in the studio
> “Global rankings are not official. WHO guidelines are just suggestions.”
> “India sets its own standards based on geography.”
> realization hits me
> foreign AQI is a colonial construct
> Westoid lungs are weak, cannot handle the texture of Desi air
> they need ‘clean air’ because they lack civilizational immunity
> delete IQAir immediately
> install ‘Sarkari Vayu Sewa’ app
> refresh location
> AQI is 45: “Satisfactory”
> it’s not PM2.5, it’s ‘Atmanirbhar Particles’
> it’s not smog, it’s ‘Viksit Vapor’
> go to balcony
> take a deep breath of sovereign, non-aligned air
> taste the sulphur
> cough up a black glob
> stare at it
> it looks vaguely like a map of Akhand Bharat
> tears stream down my face (mostly from the nitrogen dioxide, but also patriotism)
> Global Index: Rejected
> Lungs: Congested
> Nation: Protected
> mfw I successfully rejected Western imperialism by reducing my life expectancy by 10 years