#dystopian

temp@sysad.org
mlansbury@despora.de

‘Trump has been explicit about revenge’: Asif #Kapadia on his new film about the threat to democracy

The man behind Amy and Senna has turned his attention to ‘techno-authoritarianism’ in the genre-defying 2073. He talks to our journalist – one of the #movie’s unlikely stars – about the events that fed his dystopian vision

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/15/asif-kapadia-2073-amy-winehouse-senna-maradona-trump

#films #democracy #dystopian #SciFi #threats

mlansbury@despora.de

Revenge Served Hot - by Mary L Trump

New York Times published an article last week called, “How Trump Could Punish His Enemies.”

I think it’s worth pausing for a minute to acknowledge how extraordinary, how outside the realm of politics-as-usual and the morally acceptable that is; how unconscionable it is that we have descended so far that we even have to have this conversation.

https://www.marytrump.org/p/revenge-served-hot

#trump #dictatorship #fascism #authoritarian #FarRight #dystopia #dystopian #MadMax

mlansbury@despora.de

Trump can't admit he lost the debate, so #GOP calls for an investigation

#Republicans are now claiming that ABC News, which hosted the debate, provided Harris with questions in advance and promised to fact-check #Trump while leaving Harris unhindered. They’re also claiming that there is a “whistleblower” willing to detail how ABC helped Harris—though they can’t seem to decide if that whistleblower is dead or alive.

Trump’s real problem is that he’s a #loser who never wants to admit he lost. That was true in 2020, and it’s still true today. To cover up his losing, Trump employs a three-part plan:

  • Insist in advance that his opponents will cheat
  • Claim to have won no matter how badly he lost
  • Then spread #conspiracy theories about why he lost.

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/9/16/2270695/-Trump-can-t-admit-he-lost-the-debate-so-GOP-calls-for-an-investigation

#debate #Election2024 #dystopian

mc@iviv.hu

Fellows, this is worse than we thought.

#Dystopian #corporate #surveillance threats today come at us from all directions. Companies offer "always-on" devices that listen for our voice commands, and marketers follow us around the web to create personalized user profiles so they can (maybe) show us ads we'll actually click. Now #marketers have been experimenting with combining those web-based and audio approaches to #track #consumers in another disturbingly science fictional way: with #audio #signals your phone can hear, but you can't. And though you probably have no idea that #dog #whistle #marketing is going on, researchers are already offering ways to protect yourself.

How to Block the Ultrasonic Signals You Didn't Know Were Tracking You

azurecerulean@diasp.org

#Idiocracy - 02/03 is the date it takes place

The plot follows U.S. Army #librarian Joe Bauers, who wakes up five hundred years in the future after a botched government #hibernation experiment to find himself in a #dystopian #society run by #corporations, where #evolution has made #humanity #stupid because the benefits of #technology made it unnecessary for people to be #intelligent
and physically fit to survive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy

#movie #today

mlansbury@despora.de

'Straightforward dictatorship': CNN panel thrashes Trump's 'total immunity' claims

After reading Trump's Thursday Truth Social post where he said that he deserved complete immunity even if he "crossed the line" into illegal behavior, host Phil Mattingly suggested that Trump was telegraphing that he was "going to do some criming" if reelected.

He then turned to panelist Errol Louis, who outlined the dark implications of Trump's argument:

"It's a pretty straightforward statement of what dictatorship is, right? he said. "A president -- in his case he is talking about himself -- should be able to, must be able to legally do with legal impunity do whatever it is he or she wants."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dictator-2667004022/?utm_source=diaspora

#dictator #dictatorship #dystopian #Trump #dystopia #America #DemocracyInDanger #AmericaLost #criminal #illegal #crimes #FreedomLost #executions #lawless