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The future was always going to be Gattaca not Star Trek.
by nickdothutton 1y ago
The future was always going to be Gattaca not Star Trek.
- hollerith 1y agoAre there any signs in the movie Gattaca that the society is militaristic or surveils the population at all? I don't remember any.
- thrance 1y agoMe neither. The story focused more on acute classism than pure authoritarianism, although the two go well hand in hand.
- throwawayq3423 1y agoIf anything, it was pretty optimistic that humans would focus on exploring space instead of oppressing each other.
- thrance 1y agoI mean, the lower castes in the movie seem pretty oppressed to me? Just not in the obvious "Sovietpunk" way usually used to describe oppression on the screen.
- throwawayq3423 1y agoNot any more than your average janitor is today.
- nickdothutton 1y agoFrom a surveillance perspective, genetic testing at birth, routine DNA testing, fingerprint and retina scans are commonplace, more or less constant and routine background and identity checks even at the roadside. Although I admit I do not recall any military element to it.