That’s pretty cool.

Some guys I know simply think that there should be no predetermined list of rights you are entitled to upon birth, but instead you should only have a right to things that you have earned by yourself. They think most people are weaker and more lazy than them, so they deserve more and should be able to take things from those weaker people without external intervention or regulation.

The fact that for most things they have in life they did not have to fight, or that those things were simply not taken from them thanks to various public safeguards, is entirely lost on them.

It pisses me off so much.

The manufacturer deflects accusations. They claim that everything the hackers have allegedly found and reported was fabricated per order of the company that was contracted with maintenance of the trains. Apparently, they were behind on a deadline for the mandatory, general check-up of the units. The trains mysteriously didn’t want to work after their reassembly, and their goal would be to allegedly put the blame for inability to repair the fault entirely on the manufacturer, letting them avoid penalties for contract violations.

Both stories sound likely to me, given the business practices in industry nowadays. It’s incredibly outrageous, but also kind of curious. Not the cyberpunk we wanted, but perhaps one we deserve.

I wonder how the story will develop, and which side tells the truth. Funnily enough, I’m on board of one of the manufacturer’s trains as I type this comment. Here’s hoping it won’t strand us in the cold, dark field right now. :)