Elysium, design fiction and fake scarcity
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We talk about a cool little action movie that didn't do well in theatres but has its own little place in our hearts with its scathing critiques of bad environmentalism, bad identity politics, and bad cyberpunk.  Paper on design fiction (though it doesn't use the term): https://www.hellofosta.com/writing/the-future-mundane
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