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I wish I could upvote this 10 times! I love the film - blew my mind when I saw it on cable just after it came out.

Track down the short story it's inspired by, Eight O'Clock in the Morning by Ray Nelson. I had read the short story somewhere, maybe in a compilation, and was delighted when the movie turned out to be obviously inspired by it. Helped me get even more enjoyment out of an already wonderful movie.

The fighting scene was so funny PUT ON THE GLASSES!

Hilarious because it never ends.

One of the messages has changed of course. Nowadays it tends to be "stay fearful and do not reproduce".

No it doesn't.

Stay fearful is the constant message of the mainstream media. I could name dozens of such stories. There is always a story or two in the media at any given time to spark fear and anger and primal instincts.

We are encouraged to sleep around, and both workplaces and pop culture discourage having a family by differing means.

Nah the ruling class still wants poor kids who can grow up into wage slaves and soldiers, that's why they keep making contraceptives and abortions harder to access.

I can get hold of "free" condoms from multiple sources. It is not hard to access contraceptives in much of the developed world except in remote locations.

I'm not sure what point you're making. The organizations giving you free condoms are in opposition to the people who are trying to restrict access to contraceptives.

The people trying to restrict access to contraceptives aren't in power round here, not even remotely.

Given the government trying incredibly hard to ban abortion and the Supreme Court musing they should overturn Griswold I don't their ideas are "do not reproduce".

I don't live in the USA.

Now I'm curious where you are that you are being told not to reproduce.

I think you're several years late with this(?)

no reproduction was indeed part of general transhumanism left (individuality doesn't work with parenthood obligations)

but now with Europe and US economies on slowdown and with possibility of war looming, "your life for the country, your labor for the economy" starts to get steered/pushed towards by the elites (edit: pun not intended)

With automation, the masses will have no jobs and the rich will need to stay on top. It is not beneficial for them to have a large angry underclass.

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