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This world is turning out less like the movie Idiocracy and more like the series Continuum. (lemm.ee)
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In the series, corporations get a bailout when things get bad, collude to make it worse with profits over people and then basically buy off world governments in a reverse bail out to take control of the system. With a “Corporate Congress” and all people having a “life debt”.

Oh, and the time travel aspect of it is pretty cool too.

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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I still think it's on track for Idiocracy.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Tbh it’s starting to look more like Altered Carbon, except the core tech is complete vaporware because eel-on-musk made it.

That, or CP2077.

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah, Idiocracy somehow got to 2505 with a livable Earth. We are not on that track.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago

Good point, but I meant more the general civilization rather than the timeline.