hey so i was rewatching tnm with friends and
what the fuck? North Creek national law.
this is seriously messed up. all objects with code (or maybe even all mechanical objects) must have a self-destruct sequence set in place if there are "previously recorded actions and presence of malicious software".
if they get a virus, the NATIONAL LAW is set to KILL THEM instead of CURING IT. it doesn't once even mention trying to!
a commenter pointed out the possible discrimination against mechanical objects and the more i rewatch the more they're right. Mouse, despite being integral to the team, is let go without a second glance once she speaks up. Speaker is looked down upon by his colleagues (not just Pan Flute!) and there's not any respect given by them when he's dead. Key immediately just assumes that the most reasonable explanation for GPS was that he was always planning to kill them and self-destructed to escape consequences, despite the presence of the chip. (and we KNOW that one's not true.)
and of course, Ring took advantage of one of the people she disliked being electronic and used him to kill everyone else. if she'd survived, she probably would've used the explanation Key came up with. and i mean... she's rich. she probably wouldn't have faced any consequences with the lawyers she could buy.
this shit is systemic, and it's been hiding under our noses the whole time. it's disturbingly realistic, too. if our world was inhabited by objects, i could see this being something that would happen.
i am so very not okay.
