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Trump Sends Shockwave Through Defense Stocks, Says Military Spending Could Be Halved
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There was a Cixin Liu shortstory about how someone privatized air so everyone had to live in phone booth sized things and if they went out they'd be in lifelong debt just for breathing.
For some reason, I'm suddenly reminded of Spaceballs as well, though the issues are only tangentially related. Where did I put that can of Perri-air?
"The last billionaire" or something like that. Eventually all of earth is owned by one dude, who deports all of humanity off earth.