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Thanks for the audio link. I'm always reminded how writers often foresee the future long before anyone in government remotely even considers the consequences of their selfish actions.

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I really think writers like Sinclair and Orwell and so many science fiction writers saw the future so clearly and provided all the warnings for action but humanity was too stupid or distracted to really absorb what was rolling our way. Now we get to live in some bizarre Orwellian science fiction plot line.

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I'm always reminded how the original "Rollerball" predicted how the corporations would own and operate "governments" and provide "bread and circuses" and big name sports star to distract and keep the plebs from starting a revolution. I never thought it would come true in my lifetime, but it has.

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Oh, God, I LOVE Taylor Swift!!!!!

She helped me make up my mind to vote for ... JILL STEIN.

As grim as the new order is, I am so glad for the damn election to be behind us. But pity the fiction writers, truth will be stranger and more darker and more bizarre than anything they can dream up

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In essence they're con men preying on the poorly educated and politically disaffected people. I'm an anarchist I'm about as politically disaffected as you can get. Lol. I'm anti all hierarchies and I got a very good public education. Trump is part of the machine his supporters think he's railing against. They just don't see it.

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Excellent. I spoke of Lewis yesterday. We might speak of The Stand today. The famous 1978 novel by Stephen King. This post-apocalyptic horror/fantasy novel presents a world devastated by a deadly plague, killing 99% of the population. The survivors, drawn together by dreams of a charismatic and benevolent figure, gather in Boulder, Colorado to form a new society. However, a malevolent figure also emerges, attracting a following of his own and setting the stage for a classic battle between good and evil. The story delves into themes of community, morality, and the capacity for both destruction and regeneration within humanity.

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The Stand is another good novel of what might be.

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