There are so many films like Logans Run that pre-empt how society has become to an eerily accurate degree. Eugenics never went away, it just assumed other, more socially acceptable guises such as MAID, Planned Parenthood (more black babies are aborted now than are born) etc. Destruction of the family unit has always been a program to render societies defenceless and without values so people destroy themselves and now here we are, at the crossroads: adult children abandoning their parents to state ‘care’ to be brutalized by ‘care’ staff at institutions (and filmed on their phones likely) with no culpability. We’ve arrived. Welcome to the abyss.
I fear this may be true. Still, many are pushing back and we will see. Even if the idea is truly crazy and doomed to fail, the fallout damage will surely be immense either way.
Wow, I loved Logan's Run as a kid. I never thought of the connection, but you've made the point brilliantly.
There are so many films like Logans Run that pre-empt how society has become to an eerily accurate degree. Eugenics never went away, it just assumed other, more socially acceptable guises such as MAID, Planned Parenthood (more black babies are aborted now than are born) etc. Destruction of the family unit has always been a program to render societies defenceless and without values so people destroy themselves and now here we are, at the crossroads: adult children abandoning their parents to state ‘care’ to be brutalized by ‘care’ staff at institutions (and filmed on their phones likely) with no culpability. We’ve arrived. Welcome to the abyss.
I fear this may be true. Still, many are pushing back and we will see. Even if the idea is truly crazy and doomed to fail, the fallout damage will surely be immense either way.
Yes, we do need to push back though you're right about the fallout. I'm keen to learn and contribute to countering this in any way possible.