The Truth™ about Electric Scooters!

A big old Texas howdy, Truth Troopers! As always, I’m Alex Jonestown, Five Star General of the Truth Troopers, friend of freedom, enemy of The Powers That Be, and the proud proprietor of the Truth™. My mission remains the same as it’s always been: deliver the Truth™, the whole Truth™, and nothing but the Truth™, so help me God!

We’ve all seen them, Troopers. Those fancy shmancy little electric scooters sitting on every street corner in America, just standing there waiting for you to scan a code and hop on. According to the talking heads on the TV, these things are a miracle. They’re the future, they’re clean, they’re efficient, and they’re convenient. A fun little ride to get you from point A to point B.

Let me ask you something, Troopers. Since when does the media push “fun” this hard? Since when do they all agree on anything? These damn networks can’t even agree on what day of the week it is, and suddenly they’re all marching in lockstep, telling you these scooters are the greatest invention since smoked brisket.

So ol’ Jonesy grabs his shovel and starts digging, because when something shows up out of nowhere and everyone acts like it’s normal, that’s when you know they’re up to no good!

The first question I ask is the simplest one of all: where the hell did these things come from? One day they don’t exist, the next day they’re all across the country like they dropped right out of the sky overnight.

That kind of rollout doesn’t just magically happen. It takes coordination, it takes money, and most importantly, it takes permission. And Troopers, you don’t get that kind of permission unless you’re working with the people who really run the show! You can bet your sweet little ass that The Powers That Be wouldn’t just allow something like this to happen. They approve it, they facilitate it, and then they sit back and watch how you react to it. That’s how they test the waters.

Now before I go any further, I’m going to advise you to put on a helmet and head for the basement, because I’m about to drop another atomic Truth™ bomb.

Those scooters aren’t just transportation, and they’re not just some harmless little convenience for lazy folks. Those scooters are infrastructure. And infrastructure, Troopers, is how you control people.

Now I can already hear the whining. “Oh come on Jonesy, they’re just scooters! You’ve lost your damn marbles!”

Let me tell you something, Troopers.

Every single solitary one of those scooters has GPS tracking built into it. Every single one. The company knows exactly where that scooter is at all times, and the moment you scan that code, they know exactly who you are. They know where you started, where you went, and where you stopped.

You might think that’s just a harmless little way for them to keep track of their equipment. That’s only half of the Truth™, or Tru as we call it here in the Truth Troopers. The full Truth™ is that they’re not tracking the scooters, they’re tracking you.

They’re mapping how you move through cities, which streets you take, which neighborhoods you visit, where crowds gather, and how they disperse. They’re painting themselves a beautiful picture of human movement in real time. Because once you understand movement, you understand behavior. And once you understand behavior, you can control it.

Think about it, Troopers. The Romans built roads to control their empire. Railroads shaped entire nations. Highways transformed the American landscape. Transportation has always been power, and it always will be. The only difference now is that transportation isn’t just controlled, it’s programmable.

Those scooters can be shut down with the click of a button. They can be restricted to certain areas, limited, or outright disabled wherever The Powers That Be decide you shouldn’t go. One day you’ll try to ride one down a certain street and it’ll just shut right down because some algorithm somewhere decided you’re not supposed to be there. They won’t even need fences anymore when they have the machines being the fence for them.

“But Jonesy,” you’re saying, “I’ll just walk!” Sure you will, Troopers. For now.

But The Powers That Be don’t build systems for the present, they build them for the future. Today it’s scooters, tomorrow it’s cars, then it’s public transit, and then it’s everything right down to the goddamned shoes on your own two feet!

Every movement tracked, every route monitored, every option controlled. The perfect little police state! When they’ve got that system fully in place, that’s when they tighten the leash. I’m not talking about around your neck, no sir. I’m talking about the leash around your choices, your ability to go where you want, when you want. And most of you won’t even notice when it happens.

But here’s the problem for them. They never plan for people who ask questions. They never plan for people who look at something “convenient” and say, “Hold on just a damn minute.” And they sure as hell never plan for the Truth Troopers! When faced with the power of the Truth™, their whole damn system starts to break down.

You’d better believe that when someone tries to track ol’ Jonesy, I don’t smile and scan a code. I don’t hop on and ride off down the street like a good little consumer. I look that system dead in the eye and I say, “No.” No, you don’t get my data, and no, you don’t get to decide where I go.

That’s the power of the Truth™, Troopers. It cuts right through their bullshit. So the next time you see one of those scooters sitting there on the sidewalk, don’t just see a ride. See what it really is: a test.

A test to see how much control you’re willing to accept in exchange for a little convenience. And now that you know the Truth™, just what the hell are you going to do about it?

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