@triodug @SADIDAS i think that western culture is locked in that 90s and early 00s era, for a number of reasons, i think they are more scared than ever to show people present day reality. it could be just the big social media platforms are trying to shield ppl from the new realities. i don't think that if a movie like the matrix came out today, that it would work because we have become a lot less able to see dissident content and things that undermine the controlling forces. there are undercurrents but they are never allowed to grow, and ppl are scared to be seen to do something different.
everyone knows the leaders are terrible, but they just don't know that everyone else knows, and they sure as heck don't know how to do what they feel they need to do.
its a sorry time.... year of the :butterfedyA: fedi cant come soon enuf.