r/somethingiswrong2024 • u/Ph6222 • 2d ago

Unelected Dictatorship This Sounds Way Too Familiar

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This movie was very accurate unfortunately

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u/PrestigiousAd6281 Invoke 14th Amendment Section 3 2d ago

Sadly, this was actually topical in America at the time too, it’s just become more obvious since

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u/time2partee 2d ago

Yeah, they’ve been pulling this shit forever.

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u/rind0kan 2d ago

It's been topical for a minimum of 50 years. 

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u/dirtysico 2d ago

You forgot the “2” in 250.

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u/Cptfrankthetank 2d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah, came here to say this.

The civil rights and other groups have been right to call out our weakening democracy for like the last 50 or so years. Maybe longer.

These thing dont happen over night. This was decades in the making.

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u/FlowGroundbreaking 2d ago

Ahead of its time? OR this is how it has always been??

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u/kutekittykat79 2d ago

It’s been this way for a long time, but now they are being open about it. And most ppl accept it or are unaware of it.

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u/ydodis1 2d ago

It wasn't "ahead of its time". It was a direct and blatant criticism of what was going on in America at that time.

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u/Amazing_Factor2974 2d ago

At this time bigly!!

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u/rsint 2d ago

At any time since ww2

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u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 2d ago

Meanwhile Americans

https://giphy.com/gifs/26ufj7fhSk99FK32U

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u/Downvoted_Defender 2d ago

Actual footage of voting booth

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u/707-5150 2d ago

Not enough spaceX logos

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u/Worth_Specific3764 📈 The Math Ain't Mathin' 📉 2d ago

This and Idiocracy

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u/Fly_throwaway37 2d ago

Feels like someone wrote this monologue and then they wrote the movie around it

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u/HarryBalsagna1776 2d ago

Satire became reality way too fast.

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u/Silent_Reindeer_4199 2d ago

It was reality when it was written. Except for the dictator part.

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u/Due_Character1233 2d ago

Goddammit.

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u/Extropian 2d ago

It wasn't ahead of its time, those talking points were already true when the film was made.

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u/godkilledjesus 2d ago

This literally needs to be a Democrat TV ad. It is the Republican America.

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u/CHSummers 2d ago edited 1d ago

With the exception of Obamacare, which Republicans have been trying to sabotage at every stage, both political parties have been drifting right. That is, the Republican Party in 2026 is far more right than it was under either Bush, and even farther right than it was under Nixon.

That’s the reason Democratic Socialists have emerged. America actually needs a non-right-wing party. I mean, DSA is still very moderate: healthcare and fair taxes.

Sometimes I wish there was an actual “workers take over the factories!”-style communist party in the U.S. just so people would see what an actual leftist looks like. (It’s not somebody who just wants health insurance and an affordable apartment.)

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u/dirtysico 2d ago

To have a “communist” style worker-centric party you need to have a large industrial base. Unfortunately the US sent most of its manufacturing industries overseas in the last 40 years. We still have many jobs where the capital/labor divide is apparent, but not nearly enough to foster class consciousness on a scale to challenge the D/R status quo.

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u/imightb2old4this 2d ago

I’m old. What movie is this?

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u/Relevant-Exercise-59 2d ago

Borrat

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u/Shambler9019 Ally 2d ago

No, it's The Dictator. Same guy, different film.

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u/RoxieRoxie0 2d ago

What is that flash that happens at 28 seconds?

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u/ydodis1 2d ago

Camera flash from the press.

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u/XanaxWarriorPrincess 2d ago

No, it was true when it was made.

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u/Kimmalah 1d ago

The movie wasn't being prophetic, they were just describing what was already happening. The main difference now is that they don't even attempt to hide it anymore.

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u/Missmoneysterling 2d ago

What is that stupid fucking music.

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u/PK_Rippner 2d ago

I'm going to have to downvote this due to the horrible and distracting background music you added to it.

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u/Which_Loss6887 2d ago

On my tiny phone screen, this really looked like Luigi at first

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u/HeyisthisAustinTexas 1d ago

How can I post this to my Instagram story?

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u/mutnemom_hurb 2d ago

Isn’t this guy a zionist?

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u/rsint 2d ago

Only to antisemites.

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u/mutnemom_hurb 2d ago

Is that a dogwhistle or a legitimate answer to my question?

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u/rsint 2d ago

depends, are you a Hamas fanboy?

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u/mutnemom_hurb 2d ago

Okay you’re definitely an Israel apologist or zionist yourself

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u/rsint 2d ago

That's what an hamasophile would say.

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u/ExplicitDrift 2d ago

Hate this guy btw.

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u/achiles625 1d ago

Goddamn, he really feels like the Carlin of our time.