The TV show is also great once you get through the first half of the first season, which is sloooow. The rest is amazing though, I actually prefer some aspects of it over the books (like introducing Avasarala earlier and giving Bobbie more to do).

Capitalism is a cancer that eats itself. That was always true, but the can that the boomers kicked down the road has become an avalanche that will crush all of us. The billionaires know this but think they can still make their lieftimes cozy with enough money (which is all they really care about).

Ellison seriously over-extended himself and bought a debt-ridden studio with another debt-ridden studio with - wait for it - even more debt!

Seriously, it only makes sense when the ultimate plan is to turn it into an AI slop spewing fascist propaganda machine. So Musk investing makes total sense in that regard.

Looks like Putin's Russia is the blueprint.

Dragon Age: Veilguard. Was it MCU-ified? Sure. Still enjoyed it quite a bit. More than Inquisition, actually.

It's just proof that whenever you think conservatives have found the bottom of the barrel, they keep digging.

Looks more like Gestapo to me.

Oh yeah, never seen a pretty cool place for discussions turn into a fascist cesspit that fast.

Nah, just want to align the military inwards so they can built their techno-feudalist dystopia.

He probably saw X-Men on cable or something.

German sci-fi: The future is an intricate clockwork of super-efficient bureaucracy. The threat is something that destroys this blissful utopia.