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The original was posted on /r/crazyideas by /u/Sprucing_guy on 2023-08-07 02:22:45+00:00.
So I came up with this when I was like 12, but even in my 30s I think it’s a work of genius and one day I’ll get a Nobel prize for it. So no stealing my idea!
So in the USA, illegal immigration is a hit button topic. It’s hard to keep people out, and frankly a bigger problem with what to do with all the people already in the country. Also, bees are dying off apparently due to a bunch of factors and obviously they are pretty necessary for pollinating crops, and their loss would be a disaster.
So… what if we took the illegal immigrants, and turned them into bees? See bullet points
- decree that all illegal immigrants must turn themselves in and register within the next 3 months. To encourage this voluntary compliance, any illegal immigrant after that point may be shot on sight by law enforcement or citizens with zero legal penalties.
- illegal immigrants must then serve as a bee for some amount of years. I’m not a scientist, they can figure out the optimal number time to be served. Probably a couple years each I’m guessing but I’ll leave that to the professionals.
- these bees will be sent to farms all over the country and made to pollinate crops and plants using q tips or whatever.
- bees are given food and lodging free. Lodging will consist of those Japanese mini pod hotels but obviously in a hexagonal shape so it’ll mimic a bee hive.
- in order to boost the morale of the bees and make them easier to spot should they attempt to escape, all bees will be issued a uniform - see link for concept art
- after serving their time as bees, they are then upgraded back to human status and given citizenship.
This has been very well thought out and beyond global outcry from less pragmatic nations, I truly see no downsides to this plan