yeonmi-park In capitalist America, in order to go to work every day you have to let the military search through your belongings. Once you pass the military checkpoint you must still be wary because there are police officers disguised as civilians hiding in the crowd.

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  • Greenleaf [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    Most movies about the near future are simply ridiculous. Like Back to the Future II, which predicted flying cars by 2015, hoverboards, and silly fashions.

    Then you have Children of Men, made in 2006 and takes place in 2026. We’re not quite there yet but that movie is basically prophesy come true.

    • pumpchilienthusiast [comrade/them, any]
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      7 months ago

      people always forget about soylent green (1973), but it seems pretty prescient too.

      "By 2022, the cumulative effects of overpopulation, global warming, and pollution have caused ecocide, leading to severe worldwide shortages of food, water, and housing, bringing human civilization to the brink of collapse. New York City has a population of 40 million, and only the elite can afford spacious apartments, clean water, and natural food in walled-off communities patrolled by armed guards. The homes of the elite are fortified, with moats, security systems, and bodyguards for their tenants...The majority poor live in squalor, haul water from communal spigots, and eat highly processed food wafers made by a single large food processing firm..."

      • Greenleaf [he/him]
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        7 months ago

        Took me a moment to realize this is from the movie, and not a description of actual living conditions in 2022.

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
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          7 months ago

          well for one thing imagine the democrats providing communal water spigots or highly processed food wafers to the filthy poors.

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        7 months ago

        Especially considering some technical brondouchebag read that and went "sounds awesome" now I literally get YouTube adds for soylent to really emphasize how dystopian it is.