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<blockquote data-quote="JB Books" data-source="post: 2264848" data-attributes="member: 6889"><p>We saw Elysium today. As most of you probably know, the premise is all the rich people live in a ultra luxurious space station known as Elysium. They lead lives of leisure and are free of disease and old age. The rest of the population lives on a devastated earth in abject poverty. Los Angles looks like a poor shanty town in Mexico or Africa. Everyone speaks Spanish. Disease and misery are the daily lot of the masses. Shuttles of refugees regularly attempt to land on the station so that they can use the medical beds (look like tanning beds). Conspicuously absent is the Middle Class.</p><p></p><p>I won't spoil the plot, but the message was clear to me. Capitalists are evil. The poor and downtrodden have a right to lie, steal, and kill to take what they want from the both "the system" and the wealthy. No where are there any references to hard work and bettering oneself.</p><p></p><p>Pure propaganda.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JB Books, post: 2264848, member: 6889"] We saw Elysium today. As most of you probably know, the premise is all the rich people live in a ultra luxurious space station known as Elysium. They lead lives of leisure and are free of disease and old age. The rest of the population lives on a devastated earth in abject poverty. Los Angles looks like a poor shanty town in Mexico or Africa. Everyone speaks Spanish. Disease and misery are the daily lot of the masses. Shuttles of refugees regularly attempt to land on the station so that they can use the medical beds (look like tanning beds). Conspicuously absent is the Middle Class. I won't spoil the plot, but the message was clear to me. Capitalists are evil. The poor and downtrodden have a right to lie, steal, and kill to take what they want from the both "the system" and the wealthy. No where are there any references to hard work and bettering oneself. Pure propaganda. [/QUOTE]
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