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Dystopian thinking

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Wilfred Grestrix: A Dystopian Blind Tasting

Wilfred Grestrix is 1990, which I know because it was a TV show starring the great Edward Woodward. It's about a civil service who paralysed everything for their own needs. 77 is, it seems to be a sweet spot. The forces that work in British society today could all too easily lead to the nightmarish state profound in this vision of the all too near future.

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