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MarkS

When I heard about Brian Thomspon's murder, my first thought was "The Ministry of the Future", which discussed using violence to change immovable government policy. I didn't realize that @pluralistic had already predicted this 5 years earlier. Prescient.

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The American Prospect · RadicalizedA short story about health care, and desperation.
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@markstahl @pluralistic Don't get me wrong, I love Cory Doctorow, but to be fair, Ministry for the Future is by Kim Stanley Robinson

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@PttP @pluralistic

I never meant to imply otherwise. It was just the first reference that came to mind of a near-future policy change brought about by violence.

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