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[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 2 points 8 months ago

I feel like altered carbon might be on the right path, possibly blade runner as well.

[–] mm_maybe@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

The Man in the High Castle comes close... or at least, makes it clear that it's not as though the Nazis and Japanese occupying America would actually live by the code they dictate for others.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 2 points 8 months ago (9 children)

Atlas shrugged? I only read half of it.

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[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago

There's gotta be some cold war fiction that hits on at least a few of those points.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

How about the TV series Years and Years?

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Isn't that Atlas Shrugged?

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

At this point, I think aliens would do a better job.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

And the president elect checks every one of those boxes.

[–] chaitae3@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm throwing Starship Troopers in the ring

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Book or movie? Because if you mean the book we're going to have words.

Back to the Future 2 was pretty close

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

Thats because nobody wants to read trash like that.

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