From: slider@anashram.com   
      
   On Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:10:05 -0000, LowRider44M    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >> of course, the 'key' to all these rather dour dystopian stories being in   
   >> the clear realisation that they're all only written in a genre 'of the   
   >> future' in an effort to pass by the censor of their day... when, in   
   >> reality, they're actually describing the horrible present as it is &   
   >> stands, a projection into the future of which paints an even more   
   >> extreme,   
   >> seemingly fictional version, as all these horrible ideas reach their   
   >> inevitable conclusions in a safe but far distant future, and as such are   
   >> certainly not a scathing critique of the present day and the way things   
   >> actually are...   
   >>   
   >> but which, of course, they in fact are once they're read between the   
   >> lines   
   >> :)   
   >   
   > Well Said!   
   >   
   > Supposedly publishing is in turmoil from vying camps. Ideology v Ideology   
   >   
   > It's been a while since a "Hot" book had everyone saying "Have you read   
   > "Such & Such?""   
   > The 70's 80's had a lot of that social phenomenon   
   >   
   > Christine Mcvie - Passed On Yesterday   
   > Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun - Live 1982   
   > https://youtu.be/XD-yCmHOVG4   
      
   ### - on the same theme, this movie is still one of the funniest have seen   
   for a while, set in the future (of course it is hah!) humanity has become   
   progressively dumber until it can barely function, the 'einstein' crack   
   mid-movie had me in genuine stitches the first time out lol :)))   
      
   https://archive.org/details/Idiocracy_201507   
      
   talk about spelling it all out in b& white ahaha :D   
      
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