A Boring Dystopia

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submitted 18 hours ago by [email protected] to c/aboringdystopia

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A measured response to a common feeling in the dystopian zeitgeist

PS: testing if the video is playable from a link

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

In 2015 we were poised for revolution. Two "radical" voices screaming for change. On the left we had Bernie Sanders and on the right Donald Trump. Trump & company strong armed and essentially did a coup on the Republican party. The left successfully squashed the progressive movement because they didn't want to threaten their comforts. We got Trump.

That fear of change from "the left" has led us down a slippery slope of nationalism, authoritarianism, oligarchy, and an all around cyberpunk hellscape.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Yeah 2015 was a revolutionary year, but the good guys were crushed and the bad guys won. ☹️