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A still from the movie Demolition Man in which some police officers prepare to confront a character played by Wesley Snipes.

Top Text: Demolition Man: A movie which depicts a horrifying dystopia...

Bottom Text:...in which food is too healthy, bidets are common, and cops literally don't know how to assault a black man.

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[โ€“] ameancow@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I rather we have all our basic needs met and be advocating for rock music. It's not like the people enforcing the laws there are at all dangerous or violent, the whole world there is just a clash of ideology that apparently enough people are fine with that there's no mass marches or protests.

At risk of diving into theory here, If I had to choose between the two, I rather be in a dystopian system that preserves its dystopia with calm, naive civility rather than armed death squads.

[โ€“] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 hours ago

If I had to choose between the two, I rather be in a dystopian system that preserves its dystopia with calm, naive civility rather than armed death squads.

In a similar regard to OP's answer: why do you think that would be your only two choices, between "bad" and "worse"? Why not go another route that's more akin to "good"?

Also I think this is less about specific aspects of dystopia and more about "Don't let the shiny surface blind you towards the rotten core".