• FauxPseudo @lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Every day we get a step closer to the Bell Riots.

    A friend and I have tickets booked to be in San Francisco the first week of September. We don’t know what we will do there but we will be there to support Gabriel Bell.

    • Guy Fleegman@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      We are absolutely worse off in the real 2024 than what “Past Tense” depicted.

      • Vin asks Sisko for a “UHC card” when trying to identify him. A universal healthcare card. In the real 2024? Still no universal healthcare in the US.
      • The famous billionaire’s role in the story of “Past Tense” was to get residents of the districts access to “the nets” to tell their story. In the real 2024, Elon Musk would just take to Xitter and advocate for crackdowns.
      • Once on the nets, the resident’s stories actually swayed public opinion. Can you honestly imagine the stories they told making a dent in the zeitgeist, even if they trended on YouTube and TikTok?
      • Sanctuary districts exist too, they’re just on the border and privatized.

      Ira Steven Behr set out to depict a horribly dystopic 2024, succeeded, and undershot.