In the series, corporations get a bailout when things get bad, collude to make it worse with profits over people and then basically buy off world governments in a reverse bail out to take control of the system. With a “Corporate Congress” and all people having a “life debt”.

Oh, and the time travel aspect of it is pretty cool too.

  • MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world
    52·
    22 hours ago

    Race isn’t the result of choices but being less educated certainly is to some degree a function of choice. Your suggestion of replacing a trait that involves choices with one that is not chosen at any level is a false equivalence.

    • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
      22·
      22 hours ago

      How exactly is it treated as a choice in the movie?

        • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          17 hours ago

          Choice to have a baby ≠ choice to “be dumb”

            • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
              21·
              17 hours ago

              And, returning to the original question - How exactly is that treating individual intelligence as a choice and not a genetic trait?

      • MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world
        32·
        21 hours ago

        You know how you can choose to pay attention in class and do the work and ask for help when needed? If you don’t do any if that you’ll end up dumb and that is a result if your choices

        • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
          23·
          20 hours ago

          Setting aside the ableism of your reply, it still in no way relates to how intelligence is treated in the movie that is being discussed.

          • MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world
            41·
            20 hours ago

            Dumb isn’t ableist really. It used to refer to mute people but it hasn’t been used for that purpose in decades. Nice try at another bullshit claim. You like those don’t you?

            You misunderstood the first scene completely to the point where I wonder if your sensitivity to this bit is because of your own perspective on where you sit intellectually or financially. You can decide on your own how much of that is the result of your educational choices.

            • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
              22·
              19 hours ago

              Lol. “You’re dumb and poor”. What an informative reply. Thanks for clearing that up.

              • MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world
                4·
                18 hours ago

                You really have trouble understanding things if that’s your take away from my comment. I never concluded that you are poor or stupid but Im leaning towards you not being a strong reader based on the skills you demonstrated today.

                • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
                  2·
                  17 hours ago

                  I wonder if your sensitivity to this bit is because of your own perspective on where you sit intellectually or financially

                  Literally what you said. Feel free to clarify if that’s not what you meant.