this post was submitted on 29 May 2024
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A Boring Dystopia

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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is what sparks the franchise wars that demolition man predicted.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Demolition Man was a cyberpunk dystopian prediction taken to the absurd in order to be palatable to the masses. Really, though, who's to say what eventual conglomerate will be on top. Tangential revenue streams and strange mergers could make tomorrow's winners. Either way, the rest of us lose.