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section III Automation, computers, robotics are making
most of us, including middle class, obsolete.
This helps make Y2k conspiracy plausable, thus is groundwork.
Maybe include here discussion about critical systems unnaffected
(backups or manual overrides in case of utilities etc.)
which is the reality that Victor, as an EE, knows.

only accounting and billing are vulnerable.
But present excess (superfluous) are being culled by welfare
reform, lack of medical, exposure, malnutrition and starvation.
This gradual process is culminates in the sweeping elimination
at the climax of Y2k.
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Still some introductory material.

Y2k affect accounting and billing but is a good enough cover
for eliminating the superfluous created by robotics, automation
and computerization.
Markets are shrinking not expanding so thy know collapse of the
economy is imminent.
They want an unpolluted, uncrowded world of luxury and comfort
for themselves.

Employing robotics, automation, computers and maybe clones they
can provide for their needs and wants while doing away with the
overhead of the bulk of humanity.  Thus, from their view, not
only is overcrowding avoided but non-polluting production
techniques become economically feasable or at least there is
much less polution.  Just reducing population to 5-10% of
present curtails most of the pollution by reducing energy
demand.

The skilled working class can be replaced by robots any time.  I'd suggest
clones who are just intelligent enough to do their task but genetically
inhibited from complaining, to replace the middle class.  I wonder if anyone
would notice the difference even if the ruling elite allow us to live long
enough to see it.  Oh well, at least the third world transition teams will still
be alive even if they can't read, can't afford televisions and there is no real
news to inform them anyway.  Come to think of it, none of this monstrous
fantasy of mine is too much different from the existing situation.  It's not
even a difficult extrapolation; it's only a short way ahead if we keep going in the
same direction of antiprogress we've been in since 1970.  But before I'm gone
I want to say some more about the current crop of displaced employees awaiting
liquidation.  Note that I'm coming back in from the far out and that I don't
really believe there is as yet a clone conspiracy underway.  I hope I haven't
given anyone any ideas!  It's not fun being a piece of dirt on the streets
of Tucson but at least I can still amuse myself while I am.

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