They just don’t make dystopian futures like they used to.
You watch the original Robocop movie, you think, "Wow. They were pretty optimistic about the future of Detroit."
— Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) July 22, 2014
Totally optimistic. At least the fictional Detroit had kick-ass gun wielding cyborgs.
@IMAO_ "I'd buy that for a dollar!"
— Matt Rosen (@mbrosen) July 22, 2014
@IMAO_ @Popehat They thought some corporation could take over Detroit and make money. Real corporations know better.
— Paul Carr (@PaulCarr70) July 22, 2014
.@IMAO_ @Popehat Yeah. I mean, in 1987 they thought people would still be living in Detroit in the future! What a fantasy.
— Warner Todd Huston (@warnerthuston) July 22, 2014
Heh.
@IMAO_ @ErrataRob Outsource public safety to a corporation who makes more money by a failure of public safety? Only happens for prisons…
— #Andrew (@tsbandito) July 22, 2014
https://twitter.com/coolww44/status/491421377845415936
Yep.
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