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I have seen a few of these with similar story lines and realized we are living it right now. They have the best healthcare, the best food, the best everything and most of us are a few dollars from disaster. That scares some of us to death literally from all the stress it causes.

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[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 100 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

It's okay. There will be no Elysium. They'll die on this molten rock right here with us if they're still alive by then.

I think our reality is more like Idiocracy than Elysium.

[–] jcit878@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

it won't be a space station but on earth. the rich been building bunkers in new Zealand. which..has a really fucked up wealth disparity and cost of living crisis before it was cool.

good luck staying safe fuckers

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bunkers ain't gonna do shit if they can't grow food

[–] Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well, you'll be pleased to know there are a lot of projects working on indoor vertical farming. Both as a method to spin up food production in heavily populated cities, and as a method for sustainable Mars and Moon bases. Which are effectively just bunkers, in space.

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