Not green, but sort of feels green
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2025
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Can you imagine if that was your superpower. You just walk around and not machines, not tools, but guns specifically get disassembled in your presence.
Reminds me of a Nancy Kress story about a group of suburban terrorists who go around with a "dissambler" (nanotech) that erodes machinery in order to undermine a nanny state government that tries to keep a lid on technology. It eventually comes down to an arms race between different tech factions, and the idea of government is dissolved completely as the world descends (ascends?) into an anarchic-commune type situation.
There's a Ray Bradbury short story called A Piece of Wood about a man who invents a device that rapidly decomposes any modern weapon in his vicinity. It doesn't end well for him.
Should send that person on a tour around the entire country and then appoint them ambassador to Israel. Especially if their superpower extends to other weapons as well.
What’s the name of the story?
I think it's the third or fourth book in the Beggars in Spain series
Christopher Walken in Seven Psychopaths, but he's a reality straightener.