On the way home from an impulse road trip, I detoured to a market which sells yummy u-bake pizzas. As I walked in, I nodded at the security guard standing post near the door. This grocery store is always guarded – I suspect because it’s open 24 hours and probably had a robbery at some point (in New Brunswick, seeing guards visibly posted at the entrances to stores is quite rare).
It occurred to me that with rising food prices, fuel shortages in the next few years, and a potential environmental crisis looming we may soon see the day when
all grocery stores have armed guards. Just today, I spent $10 on three sweet bell peppers. Two were organic (the only reds I could get) but none of them were large. Even the cashier asked if I was sure I wanted to purchase them (to which I sadly replied that those were the only peppers in the store).
Produce and meat will become trappings of the upper class while we scrounge and tell our children about the days when we could walk into any store and buy an apple – an honest to god apple.
Soylent Green needs to become required viewing. Like now.
(If you don't get the subject line, it means you haven't watched
Soylent Green. What are you waiting for?)
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