Resisting a corporate-owned world and media won’t be easy, especially when the media present enthralling sports spectacles. But it’s necessary in order to save democracy from slipping into plutocracy.
Lessons from 70's cult-classic #scifi film: Rollerball (think about it as hundreds of millions of people tune in to the #SuperBowl).
https://theconversation.com/norman-jewisons-rollerball-depicted-a-world-in-which-corporations-controlled-all-information-is-this-dystopian-vision-becoming-reality-222099
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