Is The US Becoming A Dystopia?

We all love a good dystopian movie, but at what point do we have to start considering real life dystopian? In this episode, we're taking a look at some troubling trends in the US, and by extension the rest of the world.

Is The US Becoming A Dystopia? – Second Thought
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Citations and Further Reading:

Movies and TV depicted:
Elysium - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535108/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Snowpiercer - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706620/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3
The Road - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Hunger Games - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392170/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
The Maze Runner - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790864/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Blade Runner 2049 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856101/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Blade Runner - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3
Altered Carbon - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2261227/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
The Expanse - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Wall-E - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

The resurgence of dystopian media:
https://daily.jstor.org/why-are-dystopian-films-on-the-rise-again/

Wildfires in Greece:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/world/europe/greece-fires.html
https://apnews.com/article/europe-world-news-fires-wildfires-26aa1fe0da5b145516c373ae62cfd366
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/11/world/greece-evia-fires-intl-gbr/index.html

Wildfires in Australia:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/australian-wildfires-declared-among-worst-wildlife-disasters-modern-history-n1235071
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/one-year-australia-s-devastating-wildfires-anger-grows-climate-change-n1256714

New IPCC report:
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/

Ambrosia plasma transfusions:
​​https://www.theguardian.com/society/shortcuts/2017/aug/21/ambrosia-the-startup-harvesting-the-blood-of-the-young

Hospital inequality:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/08/while-hospital-janitor-got-6-cafeteria-voucher-its-ceo-took-home-30-million

Blackrock CEO on retirement:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/14/blackrocks-fink-you-may-need-to-work-longer-increase-investment-risk-to-afford-retirement.html

Tech company “innovation zones”:
https://www.rgj.com/story/news/money/business/2021/02/26/nevada-innovation-zones-gov-sisolak-controversial-proposal/6844535002/
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/innovation-zones-promoted-by-sisolak-would-create-semi-autonomous-city-at-behest-of-blockchains-llc
https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-nevada-fff779eddade2575ddc5200dda56b8c9

Ways to get involved:
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW):
https://iww.org
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA):
https://www.dsausa.org
Socialist Rifle Association (SRA):
https://socialistra.org
Socialist Party USA:
https://www.socialistpartyusa.net
Communist Party USA:
https://www.cpusa.org

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