cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/20042987
How much more dystopian can it get? Hang onto your hat!
The US Department of Homeland Security is reportedly considering an “out-of-the-box” pitch to participate in a television gameshow that would have immigrants compete to obtain US citizenship.
Department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin described the pitch to the New York Times as a “celebration of being an American” and said the show would include challenges based on American traditions.
In a statement, McLaughlin said: “We need to revive patriotism and civic duty in this country, and we’re happy to review out-of-the-box pitches. This pitch has not received approval or rejection by staff.”
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
You know, in the 70s and 80s we had… fantastical, unrealistic schlock movies like… Deathrace 2000, The Running Man… and these were largely veiwed as entertaining, but campy, implausible, ‘created for hollywood’ world scenarios, designed to just make a high stakes plot…
… based around a high stakes, life and death, reality TV game show … with nationwide audiences, run by the government, used as a national religion style bread and circuses for the masses, in a totalitarian future US.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
The Running Man is based on a Stephen King novel,and there one coming soon The Long Walk that is supposed to be pure fiction but I see happing in real life 10 years from now.