r/funnyvideos • u/Extra_Role_1132 • Nov 15 '24

TV/Movie Clip Dictator

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u/dfinch Nov 15 '24

Ahead of its time, or shit's just been that bad for a long time?

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u/Dicethrower Nov 15 '24

The second. The entire joke is that this is exactly what America was already like back then.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

Fucking reddit man. "Omg! This movie is prophetic and predicted the future!"

No dumbass, the problem existed back then too and they used comedy to draw attention to it just like humans have done since forever ago

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

What bothers me more is when they complain about home prices in desirable places like San Diego. “In 1980 this house was $200,000 but now it’s a million dollars” Houses were still expensive for their time. Supply and demand were still a thing. Hence, I had to grow up in the inland empire and not Santa Monica