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Oct 22, 2023Liked by James Edward Taylor

I used to believe that human nature was as in your proposed film. When COVID lockdowns happened I expected people to rise up after two weeks and say "Enough!"

I have a different view now.

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Oct 22, 2023Liked by James Edward Taylor

Some say I'm a dreamer,

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Oct 22, 2023Liked by James Edward Taylor

Plato would well approve. So do I. Well done.

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There’s always a few awake to the nonsense but most people just “go along to get along”. They have too much invested in the game, too afraid of discomfort and ostracism. We rarely turn on our oppressors. The best you’re going to get is a turning away and even that’s unusual.

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Oct 22, 2023Liked by James Edward Taylor

Wow James. Academy award for best short. With no actors from Hollyweird.

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Oct 23, 2023Liked by James Edward Taylor

I love it, but why a desert? The planet is actually abundant on the whole. A desert makes it seem a case of losing our safe shelter and dying of thirst...

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It's a great story, James! I, too, harbor a bit of hope that such a scenario could, would, and WILL occur.

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Love it. Absolutely love it.

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