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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumEveryone should read this.
http://www.rednovels.net/ScienceFiction/Asimov41/27325.htmlIt's the story "Franchise" by Isaac Asimov. Originally published in 1955, and is somewhat prescient, although our election system hasn't quite come to this.
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Everyone should read this. (Original Post)
SheilaT
Mar 2016
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angrychair
(8,594 posts)1. Love Asimov
The 'Foundation' series is truly one of my favorites.
valerief
(53,235 posts)2. Thanks. Actually, voting is pretty much like this now. We only know what the computer
tells us. We don't verify tallies anymore.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)3. Well, there are some pretty profound differences
between the United States of that story and the United States now. I hope "we only know what the computer tells us" isn't the only thing you got from the story.
valerief
(53,235 posts)4. Well, TPTB already know everything there is to know about us, too. nt
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