Re: The American 2016 Presidential Elections & The Ongoing American Saga
Reply #211 –
RJ, your Scots "paradise" reminds me of many a distopia I read when I was young…
One particular story (from the late '70s, I believe) was about time travel into the future. The "hero" invented and used his time machine to go hundreds of years into the future. He'd wanted to experience the marvels… Of course, he was quickly noticed and apprehended; and dealt with appropriately:
He had no useful skills or knowledge and no likelihood of ever being able to adjust to the society around him. But the government was not cruel; they gave him the best dole that would suit his circumstance.
They removed his eyelids to install the video (you can imagine the rest…) and installed him in a coffin-like container, wherein he'd "live" old Westerns — for as long as he lasted!
The tale ended with one of the technicians who performed the "installation" griping about this interloper getting such treatment when he, himself, would have to work for decades more before he qualified…