Pacifica

by on January 11, 2020 at 12:01 am
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The Socialist Republic of Juneau’s Social Credit system has helped them build one of the most peaceful, tolerant, and fulfilling societies on Earth and beyond. Their news media and government tout that fact every morning in the approved newscasts. They have cast the irredeemable elements of humanity out of their society, while those who can be improved are honed into the very best that humanity can offer. Those who seek to improve their Social Awareness and are supportive of Juneau typically receive very low Life Debts when they inevitably fail to uphold the Social Contract. They can work their Debts off through various services to the people. But Juneau has no room for those who perform truly heinous acts. No prisons. No death penalty. So they are deported from Juneau territory and banned from ever returning. This allows Juneau to be a safe and inviting society for their chosen citizens.

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Pacifica

by on January 10, 2020 at 12:01 am
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Those who earned new Life Debts to the people of the Socialist Republic of Juneau had numerous ways of paying back their Debt. Most often these were in low risk services like cleaning the public roads or emptying the trash in public venues. Another way to pay off their Debt was for individuals with higher Social Credit to use some of their Credit to buy a portion of the Life Debt, creating a term of Indentured Servitude for the duration of the resulting Social Contract. This formalized a long tradition of The State providing individual servants for the Zero Balancers under the old system, and has helped to create an interesting economy in Juneau. Since all the necessities of life are free, the very best family servants, such as celebrities who have incurred Debt by violating the Social Contract, become a way of showing status. And so the upper crust of Juneau take every opportunity to show off their, sometimes very famous, Indentured Servants to other upper crust families.

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Pacifica

by on January 9, 2020 at 12:01 am
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One thing that must be understood is that the Socialist Republic of Juneau did not actually abolish all Life Debts when they ended the Life Debt system. Those people who had low Life Debts made up the powerful middle class of Juneau and did have their Life Debts cleared out in favor of a new start. But it was still possible for people to incur new Life Debts for violating the standards of the Social Credit system. The key difference under the new system is that Life Debts were owed to the people, not to the State, since everything the State provided was now free of charge thanks to the wonders of fabricators and unlimited energy.

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Pacifica

by on January 8, 2020 at 12:01 am
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The Socialist Republic of Juneau’s new Social Credit system was a profound change to the way of life in Juneau. With no more need to work for a living thanks to fabricators and robotic labor, Juneau built their new system to promote social awareness and responsibility in the growing worlds. Acting and speaking well for themselves and Juneau improved Social Credit and gave them access to more prestigious rewards in life. Outside observers noted that this was little different than the old Life Debt system, but the government of Juneau was quick to say that such was not so. The old system was based on the needs of the people and the debt that engendered. But fabricators changed everything. Material needs no longer existed. The only challenge left was to improve themselves and society. All they asked now was that the people treat each other well, and those who did it best would be rewarded with the best in life. Juneau was happy to give them access to the far better society of tomorrow, where hunger and want was a thing of the past, that today’s technologies made possible.

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Pacifica

by on January 7, 2020 at 12:01 am
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The development of fabricators fundamentally transformed the Socialist Republic of Juneau. They had long relied on hard labor to grow the food they needed and mine the resources they required, but fabricators made generating life’s necessities far cheaper and safer. Fabricators were also far more reliable than sometimes sick or unhappy laborers, so the leadership of Juneau quickly arranged to obtain as many fabricators as they could from their friendly cousins in Pacifica. They also imported an increasing number of robotic laborers from those same friends, and those twin developments reinvented the very basic structure of life in Juneau. The entire Life Debt system was predicated on the need for some people to plow the fields and work the mines so the best of the people could live in comparative luxury. With robots and machines to replace them, Juneau no longer needed them. So Juneau made a great production of retiring the entire Life Debt system and replacing it with a far more equitable Social Credit system.

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