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'''Visions''' are just [[best cases]] that are too good to be true.  That is, we don't believe in them, and consider them pleasant fantasies.  We record these for several reasons:
'''[[WARNING]]: This article is linked from [[Strange articles]]!'''
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'''Visions''' are just [[best cases]] that are too good to be true.  That is, we don't believe in them, and consider them pleasant fantasies.  Like the most optimistic [[best cases]], some will always consider them too strange or unreal, so this page ''should'' usually be linked from [[strange articles]].  We'd wonder what was wrong with people if they thought everything here was totally reasonable.
 
We do [[visioning]] for several reasons:


#Someone might actually believe in what you think is a fantasy, so you help to expand [[best cases]] by documenting visions that you personally don't believe
#Someone might actually believe in what you think is a fantasy, so you help to expand [[best cases]] by documenting visions that you personally don't believe
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REMEMBER:  IF YOU CONSIDER ANY OF THESE CREDIBLE THEN YOU MUST PUT A CREDIBLE VERSION OF THEM IN [[best cases]] - '''VISIONS''' ARE ONLY FOR THE IN-CREDIBLE.
If you believe that someone's utopias are actually ''dystopias'', then, feel free to write a parallel entry for [[threats]] to emphasize these aspects. If you think [[worst cases]] will arise from pursuing the vision, e.g. someone loves the [[prison-like power structure]] of the [[Panopticon]], then, feel free to add these aspects to the vision but include some mention (possibly this is the unrealistic element) of how those issues are overcome.
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[[Consumerium Credit]] replaces all other [[electronic payment services]].  No [[institutional buying criteria]] can ignore our [[label data]] scheme, and it slowly becomes [[standard]].  Eventually, you just can't sell any [[red light]] product at all, anywhere, to anyone, and expect to still have any customers.
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[[Consumerium Country]] actually comes into existence!  A real country declares that nothing that does not get a positive [[Consumerium buying signal]] can be imported at all, and nothing made in that country will be allowed if it is a [[red light]] product.  The [[WTO]] is replaced by [[Consumerium Services]].
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'''Perfect Empathy'''  
'''Perfect Empathy'''