The end of production for the Nissan Versa means there are no new cars priced under $20,000 — a blow to some Americans who may find themselves priced out of the market.
Similar to literally every market that involves ‘things’, as we transition from failing liberal capitalism to horrifying technofascist neofeudalism (aka cyberpunk dystopia).
The next step is… well they won’t lower the luxury prices, everything becomes renting, loaning, etc, even further and harder… untill you end up with bundled subscription plans / leases on a diverse array of physical things, as we currently have with bundles of online services.
We literally going to transition to a subscription based model for just being alive.
… unless enough people actually do something effrctive about it.
Other wise, the K shaped economy becomes a === shaped economy. You’re either on top, or you’re not, and you’re basically treated as a kind of cattle; raised, milked, then expended whenever it is most profitable to do so.
The Disney+ life supscription is partnered with Starbucks, which is also partnered with Amazon Whole Foods and Trader Joes, and Verizon, and Subaru and GM.
The Netflix life supscription is partnered with Costco, Cox, and McDonalds, Chevy and Toyota.
The HBO Max life supscription is partnered with Walmart, ATT, Honda and Ford.
And then also some kind of alliance type structure with various regional or national landlords/land developers.
Like, uh, roughly the idea of a Japanese Keiretsu, or a Korean Chaebol, but kind of inverted, applied much more thoroughly to the consumer side, than to the finance/internal corporate structures.
So yeah, you just pick one of those three life subscription plans, they all have various tiers, etc, and you… well you rent or lease or finance basically everything.
Similar to literally every market that involves ‘things’, as we transition from failing liberal capitalism to horrifying technofascist neofeudalism (aka cyberpunk dystopia).
The next step is… well they won’t lower the luxury prices, everything becomes renting, loaning, etc, even further and harder… untill you end up with bundled subscription plans / leases on a diverse array of physical things, as we currently have with bundles of online services.
We literally going to transition to a subscription based model for just being alive.
… unless enough people actually do something effrctive about it.
Other wise, the K shaped economy becomes a === shaped economy. You’re either on top, or you’re not, and you’re basically treated as a kind of cattle; raised, milked, then expended whenever it is most profitable to do so.
Isn’t that just health insurance?
Yes, that’s true, but I meant more like uh…
The Disney+ life supscription is partnered with Starbucks, which is also partnered with Amazon Whole Foods and Trader Joes, and Verizon, and Subaru and GM.
The Netflix life supscription is partnered with Costco, Cox, and McDonalds, Chevy and Toyota.
The HBO Max life supscription is partnered with Walmart, ATT, Honda and Ford.
And then also some kind of alliance type structure with various regional or national landlords/land developers.
Like, uh, roughly the idea of a Japanese Keiretsu, or a Korean Chaebol, but kind of inverted, applied much more thoroughly to the consumer side, than to the finance/internal corporate structures.
So yeah, you just pick one of those three life subscription plans, they all have various tiers, etc, and you… well you rent or lease or finance basically everything.
I gotcha. Hell, we’ve been there before. The company towns essentially owned every aspect of the lives of the people that lived there.
Yep.
I guess maybe a less verbose way to say it would be:
Company towns, but…! Everything is computer!