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Initech

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23. Of all the sci-fi movies out there, Elysium had the most realistic message of them all.

Reply to Johonny (Reply #20)

Mon May 11, 2026, 07:54 PM

May 11

The rich will get to jet off to their little utopias, while the rest of us will be left to fight for what's left of the scraps. Of course, all of this has been greatly accelerated under Fuckhead 2.0.

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We are heading for a depression or recession. [View all] live love laugh May 11 OP

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a depression. The idiot is an absolute catastrophe. Dave Bowman May 11 #1

We're definitely heading for Great Depression 2. Initech May 11 #2

Wall Street is so over valued Johonny May 11 #20

Of all the sci-fi movies out there, Elysium had the most realistic message of them all. Initech May 11 #23

OK, assuming that SOMEONE is orchestrating this shitshow, WHY? usonian May 11 #3

Why attribute to malice what you can attribute to incompetence? meadowlander May 11 #17

A mixture? usonian May 11 #18

It sounds like we should be saying the opposite DFW May 11 #4

If thousands are unemployed how can they spend? live love laugh May 11 #7

Did you miss the part where the poster said "if you can afford it?" NT Happy Hoosier May 11 #13

Thank you DFW May 11 #14

Yes I did. live love laugh May 11 #15

Trump is trashing FEMA - how safe is the FDIC? n/t Blue Dotty May 11 #5

Post removed Post removed May 11 #6

I looked up a few of the stores listed. wnylib May 11 #8

I got restructured out of a pretty good job dgauss May 11 #26

I was pretty sure that as soon as he came into power and started with the tariffs BS that we would be headed for LymphocyteLover May 11 #9

Retailers' Planned Closings Is An Indicator... ProfessorGAC May 11 #10

Indeed TheProle May 11 #19

And, Biden Was POTUS For 4 Of Those 5 Years ProfessorGAC May 11 #21

Pretty sure that is misleading Renew Deal May 11 #11

Consumer spending is the whole deal Johnny2X2X May 11 #12

In 1930, they thought it was a recession. roamer65 May 11 #16

I asked the same question yesterday on DU.... BigmanPigman May 11 #22

Starbucks is restructuring, too GenThePerservering May 11 #24

You're correct, although your evidence here is weak SamuelTheThird May 11 #25

Great, I just bought a new house CanonRay May 11 #27

I don't think so. Groundhawg May 11 #28