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An interesting idea this one. Scientists, philosophers, physicists, literally any intellectual capable of thinking and developing any scientific advancement have been deemed potential criminals. They are enemies of the common i.e. uneducated peoples of the United States of America.
Thus they are condemned to unending travel on the highways of America. Only being allowed to rest 8 hours every 24 hours before moving on.
I know, sounds wierd. But seriously, the story is a lot better than it sounds in this description.
It strangely predictes and encapsulates the plight of refugees fleeing war and poverty in the 21st century. And this was written in 1956.
Just take a chance, and 45 minutes of your time and listen to it online at: Stories Of Future Past You Tube site.
"It's too late," she said. "We're dead, Stan. Moving all the time. But not alive."
"Anxiety, suspicion of intellectuals and men of science - as though they had been any more responsible really than anyone else - suspicion and fear...there was a quicksand of fear under man's reasoning."
"We made a lot of mistakes," Bermann said. "All of us, some more than others. You can't blame people for being suspicious of us. We did unleash the potentialities for total destruction without ever thinking about social implications or even bothering to wonder about how our contributions could be used or controlled."