Shout out black vans of secret police grabbing civilians off the streets during the 2020 George Floyd Uprisings.
88Did anything ever come of that? It was terrifying.
50Actually yes:
Tucked inside the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 6395), which just became law, is a new requirement for federal military and civilian law enforcement personnel involved in the federal government’s response to a “civil disturbance” to wear visible identification of themselves and the name of the government entity employing them.
14Probably not, oh well
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Can't believe I forgot about that....
Too much shut going on. Honestly I hope those people are ok :(
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Me(european) enjoying any cyberpunk genre media(its just the usa with cooler graphics)
64health insurance doesn't cover new chrome, choom
22I think China is way more cyberpunk, at least in the big cities.
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But distopian often still has a ruling class or government owning corporations who are exempt. I guess the lower classes just become 99.9% of people.
36Privileged while working class, yea
12Sounds familiar lmao
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I live in a third world country, but I am not from here and because of that I earn a pretty good wage compared to the local population.
The other night, I was walking home with my wife and it felt really cyberpunk at night.
On the street there were a bunch of little stalls and shops selling second hand clothes, or cheap quality phone cases and chargers.
In the distance there were these huge condo buildings and behind us were the skyscrapers of the business district.
The streets were filled with people walking to and from their destination as they don’t have cars, or can’t book a ride on their phone. The trails have huge lines and are packed. Packed so dense that I was once worried my wife couldn’t breath.
17There's a short film called "Homoworld" where straight people are the marginalised group. It's on YouTube. It's kinda fun
14It's not really hard to be marginalized; you just need to be out of your environment.
I once dated a bissexual girl that was very active on the karaoke bar scene, which was a very live scene for the LGBT community then.
I felt very unwelcome at times, regardless I was dating that girl, regardless I made very clear I could not care any less a persons sexual orientation and personal style, as long as it makes the person happy. I was always, by default, "one of others".
Today, I still go by that motto and I still feel some sting from people that are LGBT. I could not care any less about their lifestyle, as long as nobody tries to mess with mine.
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