By Garlands own account, this film has nothing to do with the “politics” of America. He’s made a couple comments basically saying, “nothing about the film is a commentary on current events”.

Yes, we should be moving to more mass transit and less commuting. We should strive for walkable cities and other programs that reduce our use of individual vehicles.

It’s all smoke and mirrors. The environmental impact of both types of vehicles is catastrophic. Great. So ICE vehicles are a category 5 hurricane and EVs are a category 3. Fantastic. They are both capable of wreaking spectacular damage.

so the head of a major tech company is a raging psychopath/sociopath. what else is new?

You have to be a psychopath, narcissist, and/or a sociopath to be successful in this system of capitalism. Sam Altman fit that to the T and found quick success as a result through his self-centeredness, disdain towards everyone else not in his circle, and willing to hurt others for his own gain. I can’t remember if it…

Why are all rich old white men such pieces of shit?

Oh, right...because being a piece of shit is a prerequisite to becoming a rich old white man.

I can only pray

Jumped out with golden parachute and let others to land your burning plane.

Sounds like there should just be more articles about how politicians should be banned from stock trading while in office. 

Nothing tin foil about that theory

My tin foil hat theory is that it has less to do with China than it has to do with Israel. China is just the all-too useful scapegoat.

Always impressive how many dystopian movies are accepted by rich corporations as intriguing notions for product lines.

I pretty much agree except that he isn’t really endearing or lovable. He’s just a bigoted European full of unearned arrogance assuming that these people are savages because they aren’t white, English speaking, protestants. He considers the Portuguese to be only a small step above them.  Yes, he knows a few things they…

But apparently that wasn’t the movie he wanted to make.

Man, the pure rage she conveys in this is really impressive and not something I’d seen from her before. I’m in.

“Hey Nvidia nurse, I have a stomach ache.”

Hmm, I’ll just look at historically significant trends when competition entered the U.S. market from Japan and Korea.

Please explain how I would benefit from blocking less expensive cars from entering the market and forcing Ford and GM to innovate? Explain it to me like I’m a two-year-old. 

“The Japanese Threat”

“The Korean Threat”

“The Chinese Threat”

We have always been at war with Oceania. 

Oh stop. Your own government collects just as much data on you from your phones in a daily basis. But because its China oooh scary.