This is literally the plot of Fallout 1
https://readhacker.news/s/4g2H3
https://readhacker.news/s/4g2H3
Boing Boing
Unauthorized Charcoal: GE fridges won't dispense ice or water unless your filter authenticates as an official ($55!) component
@ShaneMorris: “My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, which means the generic water filter I ordered for $19 doesn’t work. My fridge will literally not dispense ice, or water. …
Here won a national award for this essay, simply titled 'Bernie Sanders' in 2000. As a teenager he was brought to Washington and got to meet a lot of Kennedys.
It's an essay praising Bernie Sanders, the most principled and brave of two independent politicians at the time.
It's an essay praising Bernie Sanders, the most principled and brave of two independent politicians at the time.
It's also a critique of the electoral process, stating that the primary motivation for most people seeking office is simply the power associated with occupying it.
It speaks of cynicisms chilling effect on free speech and the voting populace, and the growing distance between people and their 'leadership'
And wonder how this teen, raised by a Marxist academic, was warped into such a dipshit