Shoq 🌿

Back in September 2024, most of us were focused on stopping “King Donald II,” so a lot of people missed the speculative fiction “documentary” 2073.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDE97KrYDuU

It’s brilliant—not because it predicts exactly how things collapse, but because it shows how today’s tech-bro authoritarianism is already laying the groundwork.

Some critics dismissed it as “alarmist” (we’ve heard that one before), but there’s nothing conspiratorial here. It’s grounded in real trends, real power … 1/3

2073 - Official Trailer

YouTube
Apr 9 at 2:21pmSidetoolz
Show threadShoq 🌿5d ago

structures, and real people.

This is speculative fiction doing what it does best: connecting the dots that are already in plain sight—and making them impossible to ignore.

And yes, it’s terrifying. Not because it’s precise, but because it’s plausible.

It also features voices like: @mariaressa.bsky.social
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
who bring clarity and credibility to what could otherwise feel abstract.

I just wish filmmaking like this were more common … 2/3

Show threadShoq 🌿5d ago

again. Art matters.

References:

Wikipedia: 2073 ⏵
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2073_(film)

Wikipedia: Rappler.com (Ressa’s pub) ⏵
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappler

CaroleCadwalladr ⏵
https://bsky.app/profile/carolecadwalla.bsky.social

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Applebaum 3/3