Flee
December 19, 2020, 5:13pm
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"Harrison Bergeron" is a satirical dystopian science-fiction short story by American writer Kurt Vonnegut, first published in October 1961. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, the story was republished in the author's Welcome to the Monkey House collection in 1968.
In the year 2081, the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments to the Constitution dictate that all Americans are fully equal and not allowed to be smarter, better-looking, or more physically able than a...
In the book, it was 2081. In the 1995 movie it was the 2050s.
For those not familiar with the work, all people are equal, or made to equal, to the lowest level. If you’re smart, you wear a headband that reduces your intelligence. If you are a good dancer, you have weights on your legs. If you’re too good looking, you had to wear a mask.
Does it not seem like we are headed that way and the timing may be eerily accurate?
2 Points
tricpe
December 19, 2020, 6:20pm
2
Well, no. At least not where I live.q
2 Points
REALITY
December 19, 2020, 7:34pm
4
If you have too many men you have to…?
too many white people…
Not enough Gay people…
Of all the things wrong with the BBC, it would be hard to argue that a shortage of gay people making and presenting programmes is one of them. As Andrew Marr observed a decade ago: ‘The BBC is not impartial or neutral. It’s a publicly funded, urban...
Est. reading time: 4 minutes
then there’s…
1 point
Are you guys still allowed to pee standing?
3 Points
REALITY
December 20, 2020, 10:51am
7
Damn you old white people.
2 Points
REALITY
December 21, 2020, 10:22am
10
Kind of, although these are relatively small incursions, things do seem to catch on at an alarming rate.
1 point
