This is sort of a mix of Star Trek, future history and alternate history.
How could we make possible so that today there are ghettos controlled by the government, where people cannot leave until they find a job or a place to live. Example: The homeless all around the United States are rounded up and are put into huge ghettos in major American cities until they can find work. The government will try and help find jobs and places to live for them, but until then must live in blocked off parts of the city, governed by the local police. In these ghettos, people live in the abandon buildings, are given a place to sleep and are given ration cards for food and supplies. This is kind of like the Sanctuary District's in the Star Trek universe, which were located in the United States in the early 21st Century (2020s).
Some info: A Sanctuary District was a section of a city designated for the homeless and unemployed of the United States of America in the mid-21st century. (DS9: "Past Tense, Part I", "Past Tense, Part II")
By 2020, the American government, reacting to serious social and economic problems, had created a series of the districts within most cities where such people could be cared for. Unfortunately, while established with benevolent intent, the Sanctuary Districts quickly degenerated into inhumane internment camps where the unemployed, the mentally ill, and other outcasts are imprisoned. Unrest quickly spread across many of these districts.
On September 1, 2024, after weeks of unrest and violence, residents of Sanctuary District A in San Francisco took over an administrative processing centre, holding six employees hostage. The residents manage to gain access to Earth's planetary computer network, and many are able to tell their stories if imprisonment to the outside world. As a result, the public becomes aware of the great injustice that had been hidden from them.
The Bell Riots, as they were later named, after protest leader Gabriel Bell, ended when the governor of California ordered federal troops to retake the processing centre by force. Hundreds of sanctuary residents were killed, including Bell himself, although none of the hostages were harmed.
In the wake of the Bell Riots and the senseless death of so many people, American public opinion turned against the Sanctuary policy, and the districts were abolished.
Retrieved from "http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Sanctuary_District"
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/68196.html
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/68198.html
How could we make possible so that today there are ghettos controlled by the government, where people cannot leave until they find a job or a place to live. Example: The homeless all around the United States are rounded up and are put into huge ghettos in major American cities until they can find work. The government will try and help find jobs and places to live for them, but until then must live in blocked off parts of the city, governed by the local police. In these ghettos, people live in the abandon buildings, are given a place to sleep and are given ration cards for food and supplies. This is kind of like the Sanctuary District's in the Star Trek universe, which were located in the United States in the early 21st Century (2020s).
Some info: A Sanctuary District was a section of a city designated for the homeless and unemployed of the United States of America in the mid-21st century. (DS9: "Past Tense, Part I", "Past Tense, Part II")
By 2020, the American government, reacting to serious social and economic problems, had created a series of the districts within most cities where such people could be cared for. Unfortunately, while established with benevolent intent, the Sanctuary Districts quickly degenerated into inhumane internment camps where the unemployed, the mentally ill, and other outcasts are imprisoned. Unrest quickly spread across many of these districts.
On September 1, 2024, after weeks of unrest and violence, residents of Sanctuary District A in San Francisco took over an administrative processing centre, holding six employees hostage. The residents manage to gain access to Earth's planetary computer network, and many are able to tell their stories if imprisonment to the outside world. As a result, the public becomes aware of the great injustice that had been hidden from them.
The Bell Riots, as they were later named, after protest leader Gabriel Bell, ended when the governor of California ordered federal troops to retake the processing centre by force. Hundreds of sanctuary residents were killed, including Bell himself, although none of the hostages were harmed.
In the wake of the Bell Riots and the senseless death of so many people, American public opinion turned against the Sanctuary policy, and the districts were abolished.
Retrieved from "http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Sanctuary_District"
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/68196.html
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/68198.html
I thought the episode was great and I like how they talked a lot about the social problems still in the country. Like you said, I could see the USA doing something along these lines in the near future.