A Boring Dystopia

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Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money... (discuss.online)

submitted 5 months ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Well, permanent because if it gets destroyed it you can't call it successful, and utopia because you need an ideal to measure success against even if its not realistically achievable.

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[–] Potatar@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Were carrier pigeons not successful? Just because something is discontinued, doesn't mean it was not successful for its time when it was deployed?

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[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 1 point 5 months ago

Carrier pigeons aren’t trained to establish a safe society for humanity. So if they get destroyed they haven’t failed at their primary objective. Governments, though…

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