The Control Voice… courtesy of Big Brother–for our own good, of course.
Gee, wouldn’t it be just fabulous if the, um, “authorities” could remotely turn off your car whenever they think you shouldn’t be using it? Hum baby! Just flick a switch and stop the getaway car.
The more power the Authorities have, the better than can project you!
And so, included in the $1.7 trillion de luxe fun-pak that Congress passed a few days ago, we have a provision to install a “kill switch” in every new car, to be pursued in earnest sometime within five years (https://news.yahoo.com/law-install-kill-switches-cars-170000930.html).
They say the technology in the new car–what they mean is, it’s spying on you!–will detect any signs of impairment of the driver and shut off the engine for safety’s sake. This could be a problem if you’re cruising down the freeway at 70 mph and suddenly your engine stops. But technology marches on: they’ll surely find a way to control more and more of any highway scenario.
And this way, if the Authorities want you, they can always catch you. No driving away to escape! The line to the gulag forms to the left.
There are people out there who have a lust, a craving, a mania for controlling other people’s lives right down to the most mundane and trivial details. Because they’re smart, y’see!
Lord, Pharaoh’s army needs another drowning.
