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Omeleto is the home of the world's best short films. We showcase critically-acclaimed filmmakers from the Oscars, Sundance, Cannes and more.
Plot: March 12, 2021: "Jack has just come back to his homeland of Australia after over a decade away in paradise. But after being met at the airport by his brother Frank, Jack discovers that the country has radically changed. Citizens report and fine one another for various civil infractions, using their mobile phones to record and upload offenses to a government app.
Jack is in disbelief as he arrives at Frank's home with his wife Margaret, and he can't even believe that swearing is fined and alcohol is banned. There are cameras everywhere, and the only safe place in people's homes is the bathroom. Unable to adapt or accept the changes, Jack attempts to leave the country -- a much harder feat to accomplish than he thought.
Written and directed by Kosta Nikas, this sci-fi short may be named after an ideal paradise of balance and peace, but its title is deeply satirical in how the film portrays the absurdity of the new surveillance state. It constructs a fascinating world that seems only a few steps removed from our phone-saturated society, telling its cautionary tale in an ironically jaunty way.
The writing takes time in its world-building, which is often one of the pleasures of the sci-fi genre. The narrative action at the beginning catalogs the myriad ways that control and order are exerted over people, and there's dour, wry humor embedded in how Frank escorts his increasingly skeptical brother through this brave new world. The bright sunniness of the cinematography and the percolating, cheerful musical score that peppers itself throughout the film also add touches of stylish buoyancy to what is an increasingly dark story.
The aesthetic approach offers a counterpoint to the often horrifying reality shown on screen, in which citizens are incentivized to document one another's offenses through their omnipresent phones. Jack is a stand-in for the audience, looking increasingly askance at how even the most intimate recesses of everyday life can't escape the pitiless lens of a camera and the desperate people wielding them.
It takes some time for the dramatic conflict to emerge, but the world-building is fascinating enough to carry interest through, and is substantial and detailed enough to power an entire series or feature. By the time Jack finally decides that he must escape, the building blocks of the world and story have been carefully laid into place, forming a chain of obstacles that make it harder for him to leave. He seems trapped indefinitely, but then he gets an unexpected chance -- though one that comes at considerable cost.
That cost, however, doesn't seem so bad by the time we conclude "Utopia," which we realize is anything but. Its sense of horror derives not from perversity or violence, but from how the world that the film constructs is only a few clicks from our current reality.
Practically everyone has a smartphone, and the devices are deeply integrated with almost all aspects of our lives, from banking to romance to communication to entertainment. At many levels, we're still reckoning with how mobile technology is transforming our lives and our relationships. A population armed with phones -- and imbued with increasingly knee-jerk punitiveness towards fellow humans -- seems ludicrous, but with deeper reflection, viewers realize those pieces are already in place in other aspects of our culture. Are human beings so weak that they could be weaponized to do a government's surveillance for them? "Utopia" imagines that day isn't as far as one would think."
https://youtu.be/vJYaXy5mmA8
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Omeleto is the home of the world's best short films. We showcase critically-acclaimed filmmakers from the Oscars, Sundance, Cannes and more.
Plot: March 12, 2021: "Jack has just come back to his homeland of Australia after over a decade away in paradise. But after being met at the airport by his brother Frank, Jack discovers that the country has radically changed. Citizens report and fine one another for various civil infractions, using their mobile phones to record and upload offenses to a government app.
Jack is in disbelief as he arrives at Frank's home with his wife Margaret, and he can't even believe that swearing is fined and alcohol is banned. There are cameras everywhere, and the only safe place in people's homes is the bathroom. Unable to adapt or accept the changes, Jack attempts to leave the country -- a much harder feat to accomplish than he thought.
Written and directed by Kosta Nikas, this sci-fi short may be named after an ideal paradise of balance and peace, but its title is deeply satirical in how the film portrays the absurdity of the new surveillance state. It constructs a fascinating world that seems only a few steps removed from our phone-saturated society, telling its cautionary tale in an ironically jaunty way.
The writing takes time in its world-building, which is often one of the pleasures of the sci-fi genre. The narrative action at the beginning catalogs the myriad ways that control and order are exerted over people, and there's dour, wry humor embedded in how Frank escorts his increasingly skeptical brother through this brave new world. The bright sunniness of the cinematography and the percolating, cheerful musical score that peppers itself throughout the film also add touches of stylish buoyancy to what is an increasingly dark story.
The aesthetic approach offers a counterpoint to the often horrifying reality shown on screen, in which citizens are incentivized to document one another's offenses through their omnipresent phones. Jack is a stand-in for the audience, looking increasingly askance at how even the most intimate recesses of everyday life can't escape the pitiless lens of a camera and the desperate people wielding them.
It takes some time for the dramatic conflict to emerge, but the world-building is fascinating enough to carry interest through, and is substantial and detailed enough to power an entire series or feature. By the time Jack finally decides that he must escape, the building blocks of the world and story have been carefully laid into place, forming a chain of obstacles that make it harder for him to leave. He seems trapped indefinitely, but then he gets an unexpected chance -- though one that comes at considerable cost.
That cost, however, doesn't seem so bad by the time we conclude "Utopia," which we realize is anything but. Its sense of horror derives not from perversity or violence, but from how the world that the film constructs is only a few clicks from our current reality.
Practically everyone has a smartphone, and the devices are deeply integrated with almost all aspects of our lives, from banking to romance to communication to entertainment. At many levels, we're still reckoning with how mobile technology is transforming our lives and our relationships. A population armed with phones -- and imbued with increasingly knee-jerk punitiveness towards fellow humans -- seems ludicrous, but with deeper reflection, viewers realize those pieces are already in place in other aspects of our culture. Are human beings so weak that they could be weaponized to do a government's surveillance for them? "Utopia" imagines that day isn't as far as one would think."
https://youtu.be/vJYaXy5mmA8
📡@robinmg
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UTOPIA | Omeleto
A man lives in a society where citizens police each other with their phones.
UTOPIA is used with permission from Kosta Nikas. Learn more at https://facebook.com/utopiaflick.
Jack has just come back to his homeland of Australia after over a decade away…
UTOPIA is used with permission from Kosta Nikas. Learn more at https://facebook.com/utopiaflick.
Jack has just come back to his homeland of Australia after over a decade away…
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https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/derrick-broze-interview-impending-future-social-credit-social-impact-investing-digital-ids
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The future of digital #ID, your (already developed) #social #credit scores, and from there, the new stock market of the ultra-rish: social impact investing. Yet this has nothing to do with traditional stocks.
In the new normal, the new world order, or your "reimagined" future (whatever the new terminology is at the moment), YOU are the new stock, or rather whether or not they can correctly bet on your outcome; the choices you make, the actions you take, and of course, the media you share, among many other things.
And if you think for one second that these high level players, governments included, would refrain from attempting to influence said outcome (your life, choices, political beliefs, etc.), and that they would never dare to bet on (and influence) negative outcomes, well, then I have a bridge to sell you..
@dbrozenews @TLAVagabond
The future of digital #ID, your (already developed) #social #credit scores, and from there, the new stock market of the ultra-rish: social impact investing. Yet this has nothing to do with traditional stocks.
In the new normal, the new world order, or your "reimagined" future (whatever the new terminology is at the moment), YOU are the new stock, or rather whether or not they can correctly bet on your outcome; the choices you make, the actions you take, and of course, the media you share, among many other things.
And if you think for one second that these high level players, governments included, would refrain from attempting to influence said outcome (your life, choices, political beliefs, etc.), and that they would never dare to bet on (and influence) negative outcomes, well, then I have a bridge to sell you..
How Covid Lockdowns Came to Italy - The Italian Job
In Snake Oil, I detail the evidence that the Chinese Communist Party used multiple modes of influence including online propaganda, mainstream media, and fraudulent “science” to popularize lockdown policies that were unprecedented in the western world.
Italy’s adoption of China’s containment policy was one of the most important events instigating lockdowns across the free world—and, I would argue, one of the most darkly clever aspects of the lockdown operation.
https://michaelpsenger.substack.com/p/how-covid-lockdowns-came-to-italy
#social #credit
@KanekoaTheGreat
In Snake Oil, I detail the evidence that the Chinese Communist Party used multiple modes of influence including online propaganda, mainstream media, and fraudulent “science” to popularize lockdown policies that were unprecedented in the western world.
Italy’s adoption of China’s containment policy was one of the most important events instigating lockdowns across the free world—and, I would argue, one of the most darkly clever aspects of the lockdown operation.
https://michaelpsenger.substack.com/p/how-covid-lockdowns-came-to-italy
#social #credit
@KanekoaTheGreat
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How Covid Lockdowns Came to Italy
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#Italy #Bologna City to Initiate “Pilot” #Social #Credit System for “Virtuous” Environmental Behavior
Starting in September, the citizens of Bologna will be allowed to participate in what the city refers to as a “Smart Citizen Wallet,” which will reward people with “digital points” for engaging in behavior such as recycling, using public transportation, and actively trying to use less energy in their daily lives.
https://theparadise.ng/italian-city-to-initiate-pilot-social-credit-system-for-virtuous-environmental-behavior
Starting in September, the citizens of Bologna will be allowed to participate in what the city refers to as a “Smart Citizen Wallet,” which will reward people with “digital points” for engaging in behavior such as recycling, using public transportation, and actively trying to use less energy in their daily lives.
https://theparadise.ng/italian-city-to-initiate-pilot-social-credit-system-for-virtuous-environmental-behavior
#Obama: We Have to “Detoxify” the “Scourge of Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories and Hate Online”
Former US President Barack Obama made a fresh push for online censorship during an appearance at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit by calling for crackdowns on content that he deems to be “disinformation,” “hate,” or a “conspiracy theory.”
Before Obama took the stage, 2022 Obama Foundation Leader Sarah-Josephine Hjorth hinted at what was to come by railing against “fake news and misinformation.”
“While the increase in use of smartphones and social media first came with the whisper of renewed democratic participation, fake news and misinformation dominate the digital landscape and result in an erosion of the fabric of truth and polarization,” Hjorth said.
Shortly after taking the stage, Obama continued this theme by invoking the January 6 Capitol riot and tying it to “misinformation and conspiracy theories.”
“In my own country, the forces that unleashed mob violence on our Capitol are still churning out misinformation and conspiracy theories,” Obama said.
Towards the end of his speech, Obama made a more direct call for censorship of content that’s branded as a conspiracy theory, disinformation, or hate.
“We have to take steps to detoxify our discourse,” the former President said. “Particularly the scourge of disinformation and conspiracy theories and hate online that has polluted our political discourse.”
#nwo #cashless #scamdemic #china #digitaliD #Social #Credit #Northwoods #Gladio #Terror #Lemnitzer #NATO #911 #Nayirah #ussliberty #rare #depopulation #lockstep #isis #Event201 #Anthrax #id2020 #spiritofmilitarism #kalergiplan #UNreplacementmigration #mrna #vaccine #transhumanism #WEF #TheGreatReset #huxley #numbers #safe #effective #azov #sutton
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https://reclaimthenet.org/obama-we-have-to-detoxify-the-scourge-of-disinformation-and-conspiracy-theories-and-hate-online/
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Former US President Barack Obama made a fresh push for online censorship during an appearance at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit by calling for crackdowns on content that he deems to be “disinformation,” “hate,” or a “conspiracy theory.”
Before Obama took the stage, 2022 Obama Foundation Leader Sarah-Josephine Hjorth hinted at what was to come by railing against “fake news and misinformation.”
“While the increase in use of smartphones and social media first came with the whisper of renewed democratic participation, fake news and misinformation dominate the digital landscape and result in an erosion of the fabric of truth and polarization,” Hjorth said.
Shortly after taking the stage, Obama continued this theme by invoking the January 6 Capitol riot and tying it to “misinformation and conspiracy theories.”
“In my own country, the forces that unleashed mob violence on our Capitol are still churning out misinformation and conspiracy theories,” Obama said.
Towards the end of his speech, Obama made a more direct call for censorship of content that’s branded as a conspiracy theory, disinformation, or hate.
“We have to take steps to detoxify our discourse,” the former President said. “Particularly the scourge of disinformation and conspiracy theories and hate online that has polluted our political discourse.”
#nwo #cashless #scamdemic #china #digitaliD #Social #Credit #Northwoods #Gladio #Terror #Lemnitzer #NATO #911 #Nayirah #ussliberty #rare #depopulation #lockstep #isis #Event201 #Anthrax #id2020 #spiritofmilitarism #kalergiplan #UNreplacementmigration #mrna #vaccine #transhumanism #WEF #TheGreatReset #huxley #numbers #safe #effective #azov #sutton
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https://reclaimthenet.org/obama-we-have-to-detoxify-the-scourge-of-disinformation-and-conspiracy-theories-and-hate-online/
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Obama: We have to “detoxify” the “scourge of disinformation and conspiracy theories and hate online”
More calls for online censorship.
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Banks in China shut down ATM operations citing "virus-infected cash."
First, there is no such thing as "virus-infected cash." But the escalation does not stop.
In early 2020 we talked about the "coin shortage" meme, pointing out that fake virus fear would be used as yet another retarded excuse to hurry along the elimination of cash to usher in a One World Central Digital Currency (which will be connected to your non-anonymous Digital ID, which will be connected to your social credit score...).
China is the testing ground for all of this New World Order total surveillance state horror. Whatever sick operations you're seeing executed there now are intended to be rolled out across the entire world in the very near future.
Are you prepared with your own alternative when something like this happens where you are?
#nwo #cashless #scamdemic #china #digitaliD #Social #Credit
@AltSkull48
@TheParanormiesPresent
First, there is no such thing as "virus-infected cash." But the escalation does not stop.
In early 2020 we talked about the "coin shortage" meme, pointing out that fake virus fear would be used as yet another retarded excuse to hurry along the elimination of cash to usher in a One World Central Digital Currency (which will be connected to your non-anonymous Digital ID, which will be connected to your social credit score...).
China is the testing ground for all of this New World Order total surveillance state horror. Whatever sick operations you're seeing executed there now are intended to be rolled out across the entire world in the very near future.
Are you prepared with your own alternative when something like this happens where you are?
#nwo #cashless #scamdemic #china #digitaliD #Social #Credit
@AltSkull48
@TheParanormiesPresent
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China | Transhumanism
Children in a school in China wear headsets that measure their level of concentration.•Red means you're deeply focused.
•Blue means you're distracted.
•White means you're offline.
The video then goes on to say the information is then sent to both teachers and their parents. But they forgot to mention who else is getting that information... the CCP. Let's be real.
I can't quite remember where I got this video from as I would like to see the rest of it. If anyone can find it, please do share below in the comments.
I also can't say I'm surprised at the level of these intrusive surveillance systems the CCP have in place and continue to roll out. But the main reason I'm sharing anything China related is because as I and many others always say, China is being used as the model for the Western world. #nwo #cashless #china #digitaliD #Social #Credit #lockstep #id2020 #transhumanism #WEF #huxley @TheGreatResetTimes
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China | Smart Cities
Here is the entire video about the brain-wave trackers and A.I. surveillance in Chinese schools. Turns out the WSJ covered this back in October 19th, 2019 and it's just as dystopian as you can imagine. We get a glimpse at what's to come to the West:
Robots in classrooms that analyze students health and 'engagement'; algorithms, uniforms with chips that track your location, and surveillance cameras that monitor when you're not being good ccp student. #nwo #cashless #china #digitaliD #Social #Credit #lockstep #id2020 #transhumanism #WEF #huxley @TheGreatResetTimes
#Australia #bank begins linking customer transactions to carbon footprint
For a fee you can buy down your carbon footprint. Banks aren’t the only ones adopting this approach: “woke” goods shops are also adding a “carbon neutral” fee at checkout.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/aussie-bank-begins-linking-customer-transactions-carbon-footprint
#social #credit #score
For a fee you can buy down your carbon footprint. Banks aren’t the only ones adopting this approach: “woke” goods shops are also adding a “carbon neutral” fee at checkout.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/aussie-bank-begins-linking-customer-transactions-carbon-footprint
#social #credit #score
#MIT fluff #propaganda assures us that the #CCP style #social #credit system isn't so bad and "there's no evidence" #China uses it for social control.
(as usual the media assertions are not attributed to measurement, data, sources, anything, or anyone)
The author Zeyi Yang is a Chinese national graduated from the esteemed Columbia University.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/22/1063605/china-announced-a-new-social-credit-law-what-does-it-mean/
@orwelliandystopia
(as usual the media assertions are not attributed to measurement, data, sources, anything, or anyone)
The author Zeyi Yang is a Chinese national graduated from the esteemed Columbia University.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/22/1063605/china-announced-a-new-social-credit-law-what-does-it-mean/
@orwelliandystopia
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China just announced a new social credit law. Here’s what it means.
The West has largely gotten China’s social credit system wrong. But draft legislation introduced in November offers a more accurate picture of the reality.
The European Union introduces the first step toward a personal carbon credit system.
Citizens and companies will have to pay for the CO2 from the exhaust and the chimney.
“The introduction of ETS for transport and buildings is necessary to achieve our climate goals. This can be done not without social measures to help people make this transition, as European businesses and households are already facing exceptionally high energy prices.”—NOS
#eu #social #credit #slavery
Citizens and companies will have to pay for the CO2 from the exhaust and the chimney.
“The introduction of ETS for transport and buildings is necessary to achieve our climate goals. This can be done not without social measures to help people make this transition, as European businesses and households are already facing exceptionally high energy prices.”—NOS
#eu #social #credit #slavery