I recently watched a movie that sparked a lot of questions into my head. The movie is called "In Time" in which it follows the life of a young man who lives in the futuristic America that is mandated and ruled by time. In the movie instead of money being the root of all evil and the subject in which people work for they substitute it with time. When you went to work or received loans you were given time that was recorded on their arms. The rich had decades of time and the poor had only hours, when you ran out you were dead. Throughout the movie, you follow the concept on the government controlling the amount of times certain Time Zones had to distribute to keep the country in "balance."
As I watched this I first was grateful for the system we have now that even if I didn't have money I can somehow still survive but as I got thinking I began to question the intent of the movie. Is this movie trying to make the point the government has too much control even though we aren't bending over backwards for time but other things? As much corruption as some may argue I am assured that the Constitution in which it lays out rights for its citizens, and the rights and powers and limitations of each branch of the government has a purpose. I am a little more comforted.
What is your opinion?
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