06.12.13
The plutocrat’s artisan rifle
Life in the US is increasingly impoverished and desperate for tens, even hundreds, of millions of people. The economy is shifting rapidly to one that caters to plutocracy. Plus the low level mass business where people still need food and life necessary sundries that can be bought by government subsidy. And, of course, economical pay-as-you-go smartphone plans.
You retain the freedom to high-end shop. This is guaranteed. And so one would expect premier goods to become increasingly bizarre and alienating.
And so it is with today’s “innovation,” behold the 27k smart rifle with vanity social networking included (no link, an “endless load” site):
AUSTIN, Texas — A new company in Texas is selling a precision rifle with a unique technology that allows even an inexperienced shooter to hit a target 10 football fields away. The price tag is a staggering $27,500 …
The TrackingPoint rifles, which are Wi-Fi enabled and have a color display so users can post videos of their shots on Facebook or YouTube, started shipping in May. Schauble said his company is on track to sell as many as 500 of them this year, to clients that he describes as “high net worth hunters” who want to kill big game at long range.
It is said to have set the world record for taking down a “wildebeast” ten football fields away.
For that special wealthy total dickhead in WhiteManistan.