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I have a better name for it, "Delta City". Check out the pop culture classic, RoboCop, which besides being a popcorn chewing action film, contains a rather cyn
by Wyndtroy2012 8y ago
I have a better name for it, "Delta City".
Check out the pop culture classic, RoboCop, which besides being a popcorn chewing action film, contains a rather cynical, but prescient, view on the future of corporations and privatization of public interests.
For those unfamiliar or don't recall, in the film, the mayor signs a deal with the mega-corporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) will be allowed to turn the run-down sections of Detroit into a high-end utopia called Delta City. Much fun, crime and corruption ensues.
Sidewalk Labs wants to make a better world for us. Ha. "I'll buy that for a dollar."
- jacobush 8y agoPaul Verhoeven is very prescient.
- jakamau 8y agoNot just Paul Verhoeven but the writers Neumeier and Miner, as well. "You'll see that we've gambled... ...in markets usually regarded as nonprofit. Hospitals. Prisons. Space exploration. I say, good business is where you find it." -OCP's Senior Vice President Richard "Dick" Jones
- zaphod12 8y agoI disagree with the sentiment around space exploration. Having government involved to support the science is very valuable, but private enterprise has driven exploration for a long time and hopefully could open frontiers more quickly. I vastly agree with the sentiment on prisons and hospitals, however. Prisons in particular make me so angry I could explode. Feels like a fundamental violation of the moral imperative upon which our society exists.