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redgreenandblue

(2,088 posts)
Sun Sep 5, 2021, 10:34 AM Sep 2021

Man, did those 80s/90s dystopian visions get it wrong.

The prediction: In the 2020s a deadly disease sweeps the country. A vaccine exits but is super scarce. Only the super wealthy and connected are able to get it, and a tyrannical government is using it as a means of control. Social unrest breaks out as people fight over access to the life-saving treatement.

The reality: In the 2020s a deadly disease sweeps the country. A vaccine exists and is readily available, but morons refuse to get it because of a paranoid fantasy their racist uncle shared on Facebook. Social unrest breaks out as people fight against getting the life-saving treament and for "muh freedumbs".

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Man, did those 80s/90s dystopian visions get it wrong. (Original Post) redgreenandblue Sep 2021 OP
Someone wrote that script but couldn't sell it, lol. Nt BootinUp Sep 2021 #1
The dystopian model is what would have happened under drumpf. lark Sep 2021 #2
+1 Hugin Sep 2021 #4
If voting rights aren't passed, FoxNewsSucks Sep 2021 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2021 #3

lark

(23,091 posts)
2. The dystopian model is what would have happened under drumpf.
Sun Sep 5, 2021, 10:43 AM
Sep 2021

Poor and working class would never have had the free and easy access we have under Biden. While drumpf was in power, the vaccines only went to the governors, and Death Sentence made sure only the rich counties got any. This would have continued for a very long time if Biden didn't drastically change the roll out.

Hugin

(33,123 posts)
4. +1
Sun Sep 5, 2021, 11:24 AM
Sep 2021

Yep, the groundwork was in place.

Thwarted by a most excellent Biden/Harris administration.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,429 posts)
5. If voting rights aren't passed,
Sun Sep 5, 2021, 11:27 AM
Sep 2021

that is exactly what will happen next time. Along with all the other shitty things republicons have in mind for us.

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