Beginning of end for dog ownership.

Where did the “you will own nothing and be happy “ conspiracy originate?

It comes from the whole WEF control everything conspiracy theory popularised by Alex Jones et al. It's mostly just the modern version of the Agenda 21 stuff when that didn't result in a global take over in 2021.

Like with Agenda 21, it originates from taking a very innocuous article and deciding that it's a confession about a giant global conspiracy. In the case of the WEF thing, it comes from an article they posted on one of their websites that had that phrase as a line. (Though a lot of it came from a tweet they put out with just that line, with conspiracy theorists not needing anything more or bothering to look deeper.) The article was a bit of a fanciful sci fi thing where the author (some Dutch minister or something) was speculating what life would be like in 2030 if certain economic trends continued. Specifically it talked about how people would move more towards cities and renting would extend to things like cars.

The article does not portray this as either a good thing or a bad thing, and after conspiracy theorists freaked out about it, it added a disclaimer stating that much and that the speculative future written about wasn't an aim or goal of the WEF. It was just a fluff think piece.

But in addition to that, conspiracy theorists just get things wrong about the article entirely. It doesn't say anything about ownership being forbidden. (It says the exact opposite.)

The article has since been taken down cause it was probably more of a headache than it was worth.

Conspiracy theorists still claim that this is the WEF's master plan however, and that they aren't hiding this plan. But weirdly, they can't seem to point to any other statements or indications from the WEF that state they plan on outlawing private ownership in less than 6 years.

We just get that one headline repeated over and over.

Didn’t it actually originate with an employee who was part of a survey who were asked about what they thought the future would be like?

I was wondering what the OP would give as a source.

Conspiracy theories should be re-branded as “you will know nothing and be happy”.

Hasn’t Blackrock and Blackstone become the new bogeymen?

Putting dog **** in plastic bags in bins to be collected and dumped in land fill is a bit mad. There has to be a more environmentally friendly way. Or maybe there are just too many dogs (and cats) ? (Speaking as someone who owns/owned dogs/cats)

If it wasn't already obvious, to break this down:

Someone on the internet invented a conspiracy based on a retweet of a fictional essay written by a Danish MP

That conspiracy sprouted legs and became a thing among the conspiracy community

Using that false info as a "foundation", someone else on the internet has now created a story that we won't be able to own dogs in the future. To make that sound more "plausible" they tack on specific sounding info (the Bauer media group stuff)

I'm drowning in shite that's worth too much to just dump. Does anyone know of a person/business that will come along and sell off all your stuff and give you a cut.

I spent my first 30yrs owning nothing only what was in the Jack Murphy bag on my back. In the last 16yrs I'm literally smothered in my belongings.

Much as I dislike Klaus I was a lot happier and free'er with less possession.

Seriously if you know someone does this for a living hit me up. We'll discuss the dog but everything else needs to go.

Have you checked out Eamon Ryan and the Green Party....Putin is your friend believe it or not.