You didn't see any tech there doesn't mean they couldn't have had any.

Phone snatchers are so common in some cities that you'd be a fool to show you have any.

It's a permanent shantytown yes, and the US is strongly against them, I know.

But still, it's very spot on in the general sense. Because looking 30 years into the future in terms of all around direction and political development, it's really not that hard.

And it'd be much harder now than it was 30 years ago.