A Boring Dystopia

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I think we might be leaving the "boring" part of this dystopia (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/aboringdystopia

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24230552

Just capitalism doing its thing

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/02/03/medics-apologise-suggesting-brain-dead-women-could-used-surrogate/

https://archive.ph/NFeMU

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Literally the plot of Shinsekai Yori (don't watch Shinsekai Yori, it will fuck you up)

[–] dx1 8 points 4 days ago

Also around Season 3 of Handmaid's Tale, with Janine.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

To be fair to them, when the rat queen was fully conscious, she freely killed / maimed / raped her own kind.
I don't want to excuse Squealer's actions, any more than I would Hitler's, but I will say that he rightfully upset a horrific "natural order" likely imposed by earlier humans