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The film was absurdist. Here's another realistic take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqs8D3xfxsc (despite the clickbait title sounding like anti-intellectualism)


We thought it was abusurdist, turns out it's a ballparkish estimate of where we're headed in 20 years if the current trends and leadership keep it up.

- declaring vaccines as bad science

- attacking academia as "elites" to be despised

- attacking all higher education

- highlighting the 50s —a period of terrible racial, gender,etc equality— as the height of US civilization

- putting a health conspiracy nut like RFK in charge of our health. Surprised food babe wasn't his selection since she's much more attractive.

- equating tariffs as the same thing as a trade deficit




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