> Even science fiction television shows and films (with
> the exception of Star Trek's hallucination of
> super-competence) present rusted, hideous, rusting
> starships, downtrodden characters and nightmare
> scenarios.
Nicely corresponding to the rusted, hideous endoskeleton of the national security state, downtrodden cubicle serfs and a nightmare terror war on most of the planet.
"Your future dream/ is a shopping scheme" -- "Anarchy in the UK", Sex Pistols, 1977.
-- DRR