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 / utopiaflick .
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.

[@MargineanVision]

This is not just a short film; it's a warning.

[@sandyshoals7565]

The parasites will use it as a blueprint, sadly.

[@user-en4mz1gj1e]

theres been loads of warnings and predictions in many tv shows and movies over the years , look at the twilight zone old episodes, for example , even the world trade centre has been hinted on tv in many shows and movies , theres even a clip in an old 80s children series called chocky . it shows a painting of the twin towers . It's a childrens series , but i didnt get it when i was a kid , ive watched the episodes here on KZbin again and now I fully understand it , you should check it out.

[@j.violkaj.7229]

Exactly...

[@woodyspooner]

I agree. People are already sleepwalking towards " UTOPIA." We already have a cashless society, and then there's the congestion charge and ULEZ, our smartphones monitor everything we do with them smartphones can also track where we go and where we are through Google maps ect ect. And not forgetting, of course, CCTV cameras are everywhere you go.

[@WendyP1965]

But as a whole, ppl are just too clued out to take the warning!

[@markpayne1748]

"When your belly's empty you'll swallow anything they shove down your throat." No truer words ever spoken.

[@stevious7278]

Not necessarily. Have you never heard of hunger strikes?

[@antwto8784]

True, people get fussier when they have everything. But grateful when they have nothing.

[@Bopperann]

@@stevious7278 Starvation not the same as people NOT 'willingly' starving. Hunger Strikes can only be used in a society that CARES about the life of their citizens (even if it is only to squeeze the life from them.) "If we are free, we are not equal. If we are equal, we are not free."

[@Bopperann]

@@antwto8784 _Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs_ is generally true for the majority of humans. There are exceptions to every rule but in general: _From the bottom of the hierarchy upwards, the needs are: physiological (food and clothing), safety (job security), love and belonging needs (friendship), esteem, and self-actualization._ And than spirituality (optional.)

[@stevious7278]

@@Bopperann Leaving aside the political debate about inequality for a moment:: Starvation is starvation, whether it is self induced or not as it means the lack of nourishment. So I believe my point stands. If you wish to conduct a discussion about the result of starvation; that is the political and ideological rationalizations, that is another matter entirely.

[@DynamicBailey]

This is one of THE scariest movies I’ve ever seen. It literally made me sick to my stomach. You start giving commission to people for turning other people in, we’re done for.

[@mto7665]

Switzerland !!! It works that way !

[@saralynn518]

This would make a great full length film. However, the entire message is made so clear with this short and it's terrifyingly brilliant.

[@Itsgonnabemayy]

There is one it’s called demolition man 😂

[@saralynn518]

@@Itsgonnabemayy That's one I never watched back then. Maybe I'll check it out now as an adult.

[@cookielove9310]

A frog never notices the heat until he's cook in the pot.

[@kimba381]

A common misconception.

[@turtlemann14]

and is often criticized if he does by those who don't.

[@Rambleon31]

seriously, did anyone ever tried this thing?

[@kimba381]

@@Rambleon31 I think you mean "has"

[@danialhillmann5374]

I'm sure one country's done that test to a frog with are tax money

[@iDeceiverX]

I love the woman who played Margaret, she played the part so well, I could see real pity in her eyes, mixed with pain and frustration when she realizes she can't let Jack just get trapped like they did. Amazing.

[@brookeeavenson7045]

I thought the same thing made you feel like you watched something that really happened.

[@JakeWitmer]

Yes. Excellent acting. Worthy of an award higher than Facebook-Hollywood is capable of comprehending.

[@jeremycook4670]

Looks like Deanna Troi from Star Trek The Next Generation

[@redeemedstone]

Unfortunately what they make us put under our right hand and forehead will turn off our freedom to.make.decisions.for.ourselves.

[@fieldsleeper]

"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves." Phil 2,3

[@ashchaya7676]

In Australia we already have private contractors getting paid a commission for catching drivers breaking the speed limit. So as for this movie's "government app that pays you 10% commission to snap another citizen committing an infringement", the precedent is already in place.

[@Zuignap]

Wtf

[@ashchaya7676]

@@ZuignapWorse than that, if you drive past one of these cars parked beside the road it WILL take your picture no matter what. It then decides if you're doing anything wrong, but your picture is taken and stored (at least for a while). Another bad precedent.

[@user-sx4eh3ek7o]

This an Australian film and what is so chilling about it is that it's so believable, even looks so natural in this setting. Yet I am old enough to remember a time past when Aussies prided themselves on living in a relaxed, laid-back, free society. This sort of tyrannical control was the stuff of faraway places we didn't need to worry about. Yet here we are, well on our way toward the society depicted here and the sad thing is, like the old lady and the young girl in the park, everyday Aussies are either oblivious to it or only too happy to do their bit in helping to bring it about. Whatever happened to us?

[@Randytherumbler]

​​​​​​@@user-sx4eh3ek7oYou can thank the CFR. Which the letters stands for the Council of Foreign Relations. Every president,prime minister, chancellor, government agencies in America, and the United Nations answers to them. Even dictators have to answer to them. Somehow,in some way, somewhere in the world,no matter how they're resistant and reluctant they are. They're the main benefactors of each and every nation on earth that is secretly governed, controlled,and systemically (discombobulated?) spied on - somehow - by every choice we make. From the clothes we buy at a Walmart,from the food we eat,from the kind of vehicles we drive,and by the electronics we purchase.....even from the Big Mac from McDonald's,a Whopper from Burger King,a Baconator from Wendy's,or a hamburger from Whatburger determines of how our government officials make the decisions that we influence on supporting geopolitics in so many different job occupations. In so many different countries. In influencing of making items that we Americans are buying from China. Why China,we ask? Because if they go down,WE go down. Then the world's economy goes down. Things hadn't always been expensive in Australia, because in the years past,they had once lived in peace,had plenty of good food, had plenty of jobs available,and their economy wasn't top notch,and the best in the world,but they had thrived. They once had it all. But then, something had happened. The world's events had suddenly altered. Nowdays,look what happened...

[@magicsinglez]

Your phone is listening even when your phone is off. . .

[@martinesswitnessaro29371]

No I am not... ooops

[@Eztliz]

In my town you can take a picture of peoples sidewalks if they haven’t shoveled the snow or picked up the grass and send it to the city. The fact that people don’t seem to see anything wrong with this perpetually boggles my mind.

[@RoyArrowood]

Ready for revolution yet?

[@Ravishrex1]

@@RoyArrowood I was born ready

[@Eztliz]

@@daveyrobinson3779 US. Midsize town. Eastern Seaboard.

[@-chilly-142]

gangstalking and targeted individuals

[@Mike-lx9qn]

@@Eztliz That's what I like to call oppression. It's your own property. If you like it messy, then that's fine

[@Cyrotech]

Honestly this feels like something that could happen in the future, and that’s kind of scary Edit: Stop with all the weird conservative conspiracy comments. Yes this is kind of happening, but stop trying to pin it on one side. Look at the abortion whistleblower site in Texas.

[@katherineshults604]

I agree with you. I wouldn't wanna live like this

[@ragnarokgzlr8522]

It will. The people are encouraged to denounce people that want to breath fresh air in these days. So...

[@scurvofpcp]

@@katherineshults604 You already are, it is just not quite 'that bad' yet.

[@crxcked7376]

ye....

[@tubiak1]

Its already happening. People locked in homes and cant use any entertainment due to pandemia. Or you will get fined!

[@Zepheray]

This needs to be made as a full movie. That's great content. Thinking about how fast we're slowly coming to this stage. It's actually not far-fetched tbh

[@jeffmoodie6144]

We are living that full length movie now. There are so many things already in place and coming down the pipe now that put us about 70% of the way to this. The more “advanced” a country is the quicker this will happen. A town in Canada just finished a camera installation, expansion and integration to allow monitoring of the town. It will include some AI integration to assist with “reducing crime”. Of course what the definition of a “crime” is has become very fluid.

[@maitres-chez-nous5609]

@@jeffmoodie6144 also who is allowed to be accused! Nova Scotia with their new 1/2 sentences for black people is really going to make things better!

[@norman7527]

Time to rewatch, The Truman Show

[@ditzygypsy]

Yes. This is where Florida, Texas and other states taking individual rights away to make personal choices and travel out of state. They even spy on them out of state. This is pretty much the crazy USA. At least those red, government overreach states, anyhow.

[@xamurai00]

WEF would get rid of this movie before it was ever released

[@thatguyrich9822]

I can see this happening in my lifetime. You can already take pics of parking violations, and et viola, the registered owner receives a fine in the mail.

[@sawyer254]

when margaret says “because i’m free” when the lady asked why she’s always smiling- that hits deep. she’d rather be in a literal prison than have her right to individuality be taken. brilliant film 💜

[@JakeWitmer]

Like Thoreau. ...But Wiener's analysis of GH Hardy is better. He thought Hardy was foolish for trying to escape capability by not pursuing applied math. The delusional way out. ...Better to apply the good, than eschew the capacity. There's no reason for evil to prevail, but the hour is late, and evil is knocking at our door.

[@Rhythmattica]

@@JakeWitmer But sometimes when its to deep, you just gotta swim. The tides decide.

[@redeemedstone]

Ultimately its Revelation 13 and its coming. Be ready.

[@jivanvasant]

sawyer > Another interpretation is that the two women were banned from the Prison Planet Dystopian Society, and were sitting on a bench outside the Prison Community Walls, where they were given orange uniform clothes to wear and freedom to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes.

[@troublesome121]

The obvious answer was ”because im a flight attendent, duuuh”

[@jj1only]

This is by far the scariest thing I've ever seen simply because it's such a likely scenario. People already feel entitled, imagine the government paying them to snitch on other people

[@jj1only]

@Chauvin is innocent true

[@247zzzzzZZ]

6ix9ine got paid for snitching

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

This is fantasy come on government does not even pay the police to do their job and you think they will citizens to do the polices job?

[@jj1only]

@@healingandgrowth-infp4677 citizens already do it for free. They'll just do it more if they get paid for it

[@jj1only]

@@raypatel1471 EXACTLY

[@ruthlearner1816]

SPOT ON!!!! Artists and writers turned a mirror on themselves - selfies. Too right.

[@devonavant3497]

“Artists were supposed to turn a mirror on society, but instead they turned the mirror on themselves.” Most powerful statement I’ve heard in a while.

[@TarynToday]

That's the way I feel things are, quite a good way they worded it.

[@djimmyriodan7280]

The creator of this content is turning the mirror on society. It's resistance , but the youth is always the decider of what will happen next. Frank said he is old so he gave up . Jack run away cause he realised even the young girl has been brainwashed to fined him. Not to help him. There is no mercy , so he knew that this society is hell. I love the symbolism in this movie. Especially when it focuses on a problem we are having but not aware of that much . Hypnotised by reality . This work has illustrated the problem beatifully.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

The Joker would definitely have a field day in this world.

[@emelitabarajas395]

Aye abraham wazzap I thought you were dead?

[@Rhythmattica]

Wassuupppp

[@IcyLife3956]

I told you lincoln don't go to the theatre

[@Rhythmattica]

@@IcyLife3956 Maybe shouldn't go to the pub as often.

[@IcyLife3956]

@@Rhythmattica -_- ᕕ(ཀʖ̯ཀ)ᕗ

[@DaveSuperDaveLyon]

"I'm old now, I'm tired now, I've done my fighting. I'd like to live out the rest of my life with the few freedoms I have left." I feel that SOOOO deeply right now!

[@DaveSuperDaveLyon]

@Dr Ricaunce Phipshiolidge My children and grandchildren need you to fight it for your sake AND theirs!

[@loveishope4406]

We have to unite the way they are doing in other countries. Any idea why this isnt happening here in the US?

[@DaveSuperDaveLyon]

@@loveishope4406 I know EXACTLY why. Everyone with any notable level of intelligence knows why. We just can't talk about it because facts hurt people's feelings.

[@loveishope4406]

@@DaveSuperDaveLyon At some point we are going to have to come together though, or the inevitable is going to happen.

[@MontyRaeSp8]

Let me guess, you're going to use this as an argument for why we shouldn't require masks... 🙄

[@priyankaattri2924]

“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing” {Big brother is watching you} -George Orwell, 1984

[@arkine11]

Oh look, a documentary of 3 years from now.

[@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040]

Getting there. Like the man said - "we didn't even notice it".

[@cuckingfunt9353]

You would have to be nuts to not notice it this last year.

[@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040]

@@cuckingfunt9353 And yet when I talk to people about Klaus Schwab and his global cabal motley crew's "Great Reset" masterplan - nearly all of those that I've spoken to think I'm crazy, and as soon as they'll get "a jab" all things will go back to normal. So much of noticing. 😐

[@-chilly-142]

ganagstalking and targeted individuals

[@jbjstyx]

@@cuckingfunt9353 We did notice it, but "it was for our safety"/"Don't kill Gramma" was the overarching narrative and we were shunned frm polite socirety, see the great conservative purge of social media

[@abut8870]

They tell you what will happen...

[@been4857]

Haha did anybody notice the license plate said "SNITCH"

[@rinat2160]

I wonder how many people paused the video just to search for a comment that talking about the license plate. "Did people notice that? Oh, they did. Good."

[@IgnacioBustos587]

Not at all. wow you are really perceptive!

[@been4857]

@@IgnacioBustos587 thanks, although its weird to hear that because I'm known to be the most oblivious in my family haha

[@Rhythmattica]

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[@tammyl3194]

I noticed that right away. LOL

[@dom2yillpso881]

As of Jan 25th 2022, 796, 750 criminals have apparently watched this video. What will our punishment be?

[@Recon777x]

14:00 How appropriate. Utopia is the former country of Australia.

[@TonyDates]

This reminds me of that Black Mirror episode "Nosedive". Horrible possibilities.

[@TonyDates]

@Akshay 18 yea I've heard about that, insane.

[@matutejohn6994]

Predictive programming

[@WishAtElevenEleven]

I was about to comment this

[@cuckingfunt9353]

@Akshay 18 It's pretty well a reality here in the UK. . . The whole place is running alive with Karens.

[@onelusciouslad7841]

@@cuckingfunt9353 Karens are more a USA thing, maybe there's just not many Karens on the IOW idk lol

[@goldtopazasylum]

you know, it's for your own good..........seems we've heard that line before

[@sayitlikeitis9868]

“You will own nothing & you will be happy!”

[@chrisgould101]

No it's not

[@georgehighway3082]

It’s for the greater good, said the psychopath...

[@stevious7278]

and we continue to hear it in one form or another..."keeping you safe", nearly every day.

[@fredericborgarelli7945]

This short is absolutely brilliant.

[@simonjj7397]

This film is 2 years old, it really does feel like in another 13... you know where we're going

[@unitywidlund2229]

Was that a bar 👀 Damn, what ole dude said was deep. “Artist was suppose to turn the mirror on society-‘but instead most of them turned the mirror on themselves and it became a selfie” 🤯

[@daledillard3281]

If youhad paid attention yu would know that it was a bathroom. Listen.

[@donnaknudson7296]

@@daledillard3281 Who cares. Its the point he's making that is the point here.

[@-chilly-142]

gangstalking and targeted individuals

[@crazycrazy-vr9hj]

@@donnaknudson7296 They are like perfectionist who can't be perfect by themselves so they want other things to be perfect for them. They are like fact-checker who will ignore whatever you say, no matter how logic it sound, because it is not a "fact". They will disagree with the facts that you give them because the facts are not given by the "experts" that they agree with. You can't win.

[@donnaknudson7296]

@@crazycrazy-vr9hj Your right about that! Pretty bizzare.

[@Weird-City]

Authoritarianism: principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action.

[@pappy5204]

Or just another day in the life of a Leftists dream.

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

@@pappy5204 Whatever bro

[@molotovribbentrop2839]

@@jghifiversveiws8729 Yeah, these capitalist pigs. Soviet Union was worker's paradise, because workers just want to work, and we gave them work. Gulag is true equality. Say with me, comrade: "2+2=5!"

[@aleksandrvolkov3835]

@@molotovribbentrop2839 yes and capitalism is oh so good even though it allows people to fail in life even if they work hard

[@molotovribbentrop2839]

@@aleksandrvolkov3835 It allows? If you get hit by a car, is that fault of capitalism? Many things in life are out of your hands, and most of the time it's not fault of the capitalism. If somebody doesn't hire you to work, that might not be fault of capitalism. If you don't get promoted by your boss, that probably isn't fault of the capitalism.

[@l3ilani]

Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant. And frightening at the same time. Hello Australia 2023.

[@Dragonlover553]

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” ― C. S. Lewis

[@Celmanrobertson]

Fact

[@margkropf5541]

Extremely well expressed. This is the truth.

[@snatchadams69]

Is it the truth though?..

[@ivonned32]

Wow ☝️

[@alinaitzal1173]

Kinda like TEXAS???

[@quokka_11]

3:47 "Gee, things have changed a bit." "We hardly noticed." Delivered that line with a perfect mix of irony, cynicism and simple resignation. It's Doublespeak. They probably DID hardly notice, because the changes were gradual, but when they look back it's impossible not to notice how much things have changed. So they hardly noticed, but they can't help but have noticed.

[@fredneecher1746]

Just look how far we have already come in the last 2 years. Give it 2 more, and this is where we will be. Unless we do something.

[@CAHbl4-CAH]

И только в России всё, как и раньше. Хорошо!

[@crazehayes1]

Totalitarian tiptoe my friend

[@christinebeames712]

Not a fiction but a documentary of our future

[@theworldrealm72]

Wow, very well made. The scary part is that we are heading in that direction, I don't think it will become that bad, but more than bad enough as we already have sacrificed freedom for safety.

[@lindseyosborn154]

This is how the Karens of the world would make their living. They would literally just follow people around all day snitching

[@libra8993]

poverty of the heart and impoverished souls, it takes a real scumbag to torture & harass people like that

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

More like twitter users.

[@iwbmo]

in an episode of the orvilel where everybody is govorned by a rating system then the opposite may happen

[@asterdarly2530]

The old lady is the youngest Karen she was just born

[@LeonardLeon]

In communist Romania the Secret Police relied heavily on informants. There were lots and lots of people snitching on each other just for the fun of it. It got to a point where people were afraid to tell jokes or complain in any way, they would have been taken away and beaten. Now here comes the messed up part. Some people were forced to become informant. And even to this day it's impossible to tell who was informing because it was forced and who did willingly. When turns out that some hotshot politician was an informant he can always say he was forced to. Everybody is innocent....all the time.

[@davidpeters6536]

The world has taken a giant leap towards this in the last 12 months... A great short, George Orwell would be proud.

[@-chilly-142]

gangstalking and targeted individuals

[@DarkLight-sz1vp]

@@-chilly-142 spread the word

[@nemo7782]

George Orwell wouldn't be proud. He warned of this happening.

[@teiapestotnik7971]

@@nemo7782 i think they meant proud of the movie, not about what humanity has come to.

[@wilhelmdietrich8474]

1984 wasn't a prediction of the future. It was a commentary on the world as it existed when it was written.

[@doingtime20]

How it feels when I go as a tourist to the USA. Also the feeling of being a bum because you are not on a car.

[@sherryfishlock6887]

I will never forget the first time I saw this short film and thought no way. This is happening and is the future. God help us.

[@dario_tatuador]

Agenda 2030

[@jshelton100]

The people I most admire are the ones who do the right thing regardless of the consequences.

[@-chilly-142]

gangstalking and targeted individuals

[@carlevins1302]

The best and only real people don't impose consequences on people doing the right thing.

[@marrhabibi1742]

@@-chilly-142 wtf is ur comment, seen 3 times already🤣🤣🤣

[@marrhabibi1742]

@Sheelagh Cathasaigh lmfao right, i was thinking for a sec im the only one that just stalks the comment section of any thought provoking vid.

[@norirakhely7400]

Damn, this was disturbing. Could be a black mirror episode.

[@dragoxk4542]

It is a black mirror episode...

[@fleetSRT]

@@dragoxk4542 really. Which season?

[@dragoxk4542]

@@fleetSRT like 2nd or 3rd pretty sure it's the one called nosedive, similar concept to this except everyone rates each other

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

It's like we're living in a George Orwell book. 1984!

[@teestjulian]

This screwed with my head really bad

[@rohiniguiland4873]

This is why I will never allow strangers to have control over me.

[@stevea3514]

We’re already here in Australia…this place is cooked

[@trzrh]

Leave the island as long as u can

[@redtankgirl5]

We’re heading in this direction faster than most want to admit

[@cuckingfunt9353]

Did you make that comment before the plandemic...? ... Because it's 2021 now and we are already there.

[@manseramnil9407]

Already there, lookup see something say something

[@-chilly-142]

its here. with community policing or ( gang stalking ) and targeted individuals

[@JadyGrudd]

@@cuckingfunt9353 Agreed. But your crude choice of pseudonym does no service to your message.

[@paulfisher1949]

READ THE COMMUNIST ZIONIST SOCIALIST SO CALLED CHARITY IE "THE COMMON PURPOSE EXPOSED" ITS A DISGUSTING ORGANISATION DESIGNED TO PERSECUTE ANYBODY INCLUDING ACTIVIST ..AND THE BRITISH PUBLIC IS BEING USED TO SURVEIL EACHOTHER...HARASS PERSECUTE ANYBODY WHO GOS AGAINST THEIR VILE ZIONIST AGENDA ..BRITAIN THE NEW CHINA !!!!!!

[@Sicaoisdead]

This is essentially what happens now. People will see someone do something they don’t like, and without even walking up to them and politely asking them to stop, they’ll take pictures and videos and post it online to ruin their lives.

[@l.austin2371]

Life in china

[@Positivevibes1st]

People already do!

[@SamuelBlack84]

Why do they do that? I genuinely want to know

[@notbop9744]

@@l.austin2371ah yes, china, the only place where things are bad

[@brynion2117]

@@SamuelBlack84 because they have "schadenfreude". that is a phenomenon that more people than you probably realise have where they enjoy other peoples suffering up to a certain point

[@cheezeebutter452]

“You will own nothing and you will be happy.”

[@abreakfastfaceproduction2598]

The whole citizens fining each other for their own benefit and escaping off to a room in their house where they can't be monitored is reminiscent of a lot of dystopian media but this in particular reminding me of the Webtoon comic "Everything is Fine"... with less cats of course.

[@katiehowell1917]

This is literally George Orwells 1984. Modernized.

[@abut8870]

They tell you what will happen...

[@daadaa6356]

exactly my thoughts

[@NikSakPattyWack]

oh you mean modern-day 2021??? yep, that's exactly what this is.

[@abut8870]

@@NikSakPattyWack this is what's going to happen

[@lukeswain1752]

@@abut8870 *is happening

[@TaraHower]

The beach part freaks me out. They would tel us last year in California we couldn’t sit on the beach. My son just wanted to play in the sand he was 1. The lifeguards drove up and down the beach telling people to leave and everyone listened. Keep in mind there were maybe 10 people across this massive beach no where near each other. It felt so violating being told I could stand next to my son but couldn’t sit while he played in the sand. This movie could definitely become a reality one day

[@francoiseofficial1861]

Same thing happened here in Italy during lockdown. A man was walking on the beach on his own, there was nobody in about 10 km, he got arrested by 4 police cars

[@TaraHower]

@@francoiseofficial1861 freaky not a fan of that. I was scared to be arrested and my son left without a caretaker :( that’s a shame they couldn’t give him a warning or better yet piss off

[@b2kzangelalwayz]

Girl eff you and your son. Rules are rules. No one cares if you decided to take your child somewhere you weren’t allowed. This is not the oppression olympics.

[@user24233]

Is that because coronavirus?

[@Federico-mj3si]

@@user24233 It is because of Covid, yes. It's a complex topic, on one hand they were not doing anything bad per se, on the other hand they were breaking a rule most people were respecting. Yeah, no one on the beach so no risk of spreading the virus, but no one was on the beach because they were following the rules.

[@arberreka2242]

The actors are great... the stories? So so, not bad, not bad. Great job to the actors!

[@willgabriel9453]

Thanks so much for all the support and glad you have enjoyed our little film

[@stitchlover633]

brilliant it would be funny if it wasnt so near the truth

[@martinmiguelvidal526]

Mendoza, Argentina. "Ojos en alerta". App where you take a picture, record a video, of anything "suspicious", and police will come in a heist... Not far from Utopia...

[@flipjetiel7343]

Wow! I was there some 12 years ago. Seemed such an easy going town!

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

@@flipjetiel7343 : Fascism is the end result of not having enough socialism to counter the intrinsic greed of capitalism.

[@matthewtakahashi3609]

Sounds more like dystopia...

[@OswaldMosley-rr5fg]

@@aylbdrmadison1051 Is it truley Facism if all the ideologes, corporations and encroaching dogma are Marxist?

[@flipjetiel7343]

@@aylbdrmadison1051 Fascism and socialism are two sides of the same totalitarian coin.

[@Aegianlulz]

Some people may find this too far fetched. Before you think that, and shrug it off as science fiction, just imagine, what would you say if somebody came on January of 2020, and told you what will happen in the next months?

[@adultishgambino1]

I would say that is very likely since that has been the biggest worry of scientist since the 90's......also this has already been an issue in China for the past 2 months. Like the idea of a virus becoming a world pandemic is way more likely to happen AGAIN before we are living in a society and government that trust their own people to police themselves and is willing to let capitalism fall apart in order to have a far more obvious controlling system of its citizens.

[@fatsnorkel]

@@adultishgambino1 Sit down Jada.

[@endurance-adventures]

Well in the UK we've gone from 'just two weeks to flatten the curve' to vaccine passports in about 17 months...

[@lglge611]

@@adultishgambino1 I feel sorry for you.

[@citigirlcountrified1927]

@@fatsnorkel well said

[@sthnwatch]

This is heavy... This is so fitting at this time in history. What an extraordinary short film! God bless you guys for creating this production. It's so prophetic. Keep the faith.

[@MaxiGNU]

this clip, at any moment will stop being a science fiction short film

[@gaynordeklerk8152]

My neighbour is like that already. Every time a courier delivers something, or the municipality delivers water, she runs out of her house with her cellphone to take photos. As if we're doing something illegal. It's hilarious. Never seen an old lady run so fast.

[@blanchecarte782]

😲🤬my fines will be HUGE

[@rronaldreagan]

Now you understood why so many old fembots were called witches and burned back in the day

[@HON3YLAND1]

I would get a restraining order

[@mrhandler2219]

@@HON3YLAND1 A restraining order ... on your neighbor. Thinking is a new thing for you, isn't it?

[@ChiefMiddleFinger]

Back in the day, women like that were called Nosey Rosey. Now we just call them Karen.

[@Veilfire]

Y'all won't be laughing when this actually becomes reality

[@TheRealRevelation]

Who sees this and laughs considering the world we live in now? This would’ve been perfect for a Black Mirror episode!

[@mochiebellina8190]

Yesterday

[@dandavis8300]

I laughed. The joke was, she was more free in prison than in the "free world". At least she stayed a human being and got someone else out of it entirely. In Brave New World, they sent all their political prisoners to various remote islands in the South Pacific, the Caribbean, the Falklands etc. and Mustafa Monde, one of the world controllers, said they were great places to be because all the most interesting people lived there.

[@mercy1441]

3rd world country would be the best bet. They are the happiest

[@Rhythmattica]

@@dandavis8300 Just like the Convict colony of Australia.... Bizarrely, its beauty and distance has made it a "blueprint" of how to create a police state in a cutting edge, capitalist and modern multicultual 'western" free society.

[@project_calais4977]

That VY Commodore interior is by far the most advanced of any Holden ever XD. Great video as always!

[@cyberpunk-2O77]

Unlikely, because violence would crush such a system. This system is so unlikely, in fact, that I can't suspend disbelief enough to take it seriously which is a shame, because it's such a fantastic concept.

[@eat_ze_bugs]

Did violence crushed the lockdowns in 2020?

[@sapy44]

We should all be very ashamed of ourselves that we can relate so much to this.

[@princesaofhollywood2777]

Can you imagine if your parents charge you $178 dollars just for cussing? 🤣 🤣 🤣 This is exactly what China does. It's crazy. And kids can only play video games an hour on the weekend. It's crazy.

[@Raptorsified]

You included

[@sapy44]

@@Raptorsified Yes, "We" as in all of us, myself included.

[@downzeitor]

the "bracelets" are already here, "smart watches", "smart phones", the sad part is that we are funding the surveillance state tools and paying huge prices for it to take place.

[@rossgopicotrain4042]

@@downzeitor indeed; and gaming; social media; online learning; e-education/health/gov't/etc.. - we're f'd!!!!

[@ArmorofTruth]

So many commenters here say this is scary because it's so likely. What's scary is that you can see it happening yet you do nothing to stop it. You just keep tracking down the boulevard to dystopia accepting every arbitrary mandate for the sake of "safety." THAT is what's scary. It's 100% preventable and yet ... here we go!

[@abut8870]

Yes, here we all go throw this path that will unfold, right before us.

[@jacky_1479]

Absolutely spot on. Perfectly explained

[@lw1343]

And keep voting for the same politicians, staying in the same do nothing parties.

[@carminedeleo209]

You're right.

[@ognyena]

The only conscientious person in the comments ! 👌

[@raphaelmoraczewski1106]

They need to show the part how the 1% are living

[@CAM-fq8lv]

Last line - goosebumps. What a triumph! Super short film.

[@Hiraghm]

I vaguely remember, from decades ago.. reading a science fiction short about a man who visited a "city of the future". Everything was overseen by the city's computer, and it was constantly haranguing him about his behavior. I remember at one point he dropped a candy wrapper on the ground, and the city asked him, "What if a million people did that?" and his calm reply, "then you'd have a million candy wrappers on the ground".

[@heedmywarning2792]

And then the computer overlord executed him with...... a million volts.

[@clementegarcia408]

Hahaha!

[@Chronomatrix]

This isn't fiction at all.

[@DeborahLong7777]

Sounds like today yes Ohmygoodness. The stuff they can get without the freedom.

[@kingsbrace3736]

No it is not, and hasn't been for some time. I have been to countries that have had theses foundations in place for over a decade. It starts small, just like in this film. For example, in one place, if you are issued a traffic ticket, you are notified by SMS. If you don't pay on time, your bank account is frozen, your mobile phone and internet services are cut, and your resident ID number is flagged, making it impossible to leave the country. That was fully in place by 2010.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

welcome to an Orwellian world.

[@xd._.28234]

@@kingsbrace3736 wtfffff

[@frazebean5117]

It is cos we all know it's impossible for Australians to not swear

[@bumboklaatry5828]

people in the era before the internet: "imagine the potential we could do if we could make a pocket sized computer!" people since the internet: *this film*

[@Rhythmattica]

5p07 on

[@chewinggum5550]

Fbi : OPEN UP

[@jnightshade4379]

These documentaries about Australia are really good. And to think it used to be considered a "cool country".

[@menhir857]

This really says a lot about society

[@HELLO_KORO]

Yet we live in one

[@billykobilca6321]

Yeah , it's all absurd.

[@papa_pt]

@r2 gotta get your virtue signaler points in 😂

[@-chilly-142]

gangstalking and targeted individuals

[@ewfurry6499]

bottom text

[@TinyMaths]

The way Frank said... " alcohol is bad for you.." I was so sure he didn't even believe that himself, until he looked up; then it all made sense. Anyone who liked this short film might like the old Sylvester Stallone /Wesley Snipes movie - Demolition Man.

[@krashd]

"John Spartan you have been fined fifteen credits for an infraction of the verbal morality."

[@MrCuddlyable3]

Hah hah you don't know what the 3 shells are for.

[@reverendbluejeans1748]

They would never put a breathalyzer in a steering whael

[@nicolah7254]

During lockdown I went away to the Lake District for a few days. I was amazed to see lots of people there who were not conforming either to the restrictions that were imposed onto us.

[@ProfessorQuality]

that's because the restrictions were ridiculous and should've never happened.

[@seanodonnell9826]

"Artists were supposed to turn a mirror on society but instead most of them turned the mirror on themselves...most artists, writers & poets sold out, too scared to challenge in case they lost a corporate sponsor or government grant"

[@nathanbiller7662]

The scary part is that you could actually envision this happening in some hypothetical future. Mass surveillance, communal policing, it’s happened how many times across how many places in human history?

[@curmudgeon1933]

@Nathan Biller. But never with the current available technology and data processing power.

[@tealo4143]

It's already happen, In the UK samething techinally speaking anyone can fine you and prosecute you for breaking a law.. It just most people aren't aware of private prosecutions and of course they have to pay for it .... With enough evidence to present to a court.. As Communal policing and private for hire 'Thief Catchers' is how society under common law in the UK used to mostly police itself before the creation of a public police service in the mid 19th century...

[@chrisgould101]

All the evil elite needed was the tech. This is happening in China today.

[@detrajackson5992]

@ Nathan Biller, it's already happening in every HOA across America!

[@prex4059]

It’s already here

[@joshtri2067]

Can’t believe we are experiencing the beginnings of this society right now in Australia.

[@phildiop8248]

Hope it gets better down there. I got mad that Canada passed a law against free speech online, but looking at Australia, I can't really complain. Best of lucks from Can.

[@BlackKiryuu]

What happened there?

[@Journey_Awaits]

"We live in a society"

[@phildiop8248]

@@BlackKiryuu lockdown is very strict

[@yokeo]

@@BlackKiryuu lockdown extremely strict, they enforce it as if you're committing murder rn, putting people on the news for not obeying the mandate

[@Can0spam]

Modern movies need to be more like this. Not two or three hours long, just a good story!

[@metermorphose]

That is so scary. Having watched this one loads of month before, it popped up today. Seeing it again makes me feel it has gotten more like this meanwhile... Especially the last few weeks there occuring were things which led into that direction... Impressive work behind the scenes and shocking convincing acting of the inhabitants. "We are all much healthier...*cough*"

[@olddelhifilms]

Please pitch this to Black Mirror and maybe make this in feature length.

[@kostax7777]

Thank u. But they don't accept unsolicited submissions. If I find money I would definitely do a feature! Cheers

[@olddelhifilms]

@@kostax7777 You have managed really good results in a decent budget. All the best to you :)

[@DDavis-pg2yj]

Black mirror already did something like this already… it was good!

[@Anonymou5420]

They have a similar episode called Nosedive

[@kostax7777]

@@olddelhifilms Thank you for your kind words!

[@rogerfrancis65]

Im just glad im middle aged and will be gone before this becomes a mass reality, i genuinely feel sorry for future generations

[@donnamariedavidson5065]

I do, too.

[@UtubeXcalibur]

That is the most selfish sentence I've ever read. Will you do nothing? Do you expect to just, vanish when you die?

[@secondchance6603]

@@UtubeXcalibur "Do you expect to just, vanish when you die?" When you die that's pretty much what you do, just saying.

[@WoodsDog]

@@secondchance6603 there's the possibility of extracting your consciousness and plugging it into a machine. Perhaps your consciousness's power could be used to mine algorithms and feed the machine. Or be plugged into a killing robot with no free will. And we're not far from a possible reality like that. Look at neuralink

[@latenrunor3591]

@@UtubeXcalibur I sure [REDACTED] hope so. I'm tired of this world, I just want to sleep.

[@graemejones9707]

The fact that I can't make the comments that I want to make about this short film shows exactly how far down the line we already are.

[@SamuelBlack84]

What's stopping you? I always say exactly what's on my mind

[@SamuelBlack84]

@@graemejones9707 I do my part by just not giving a damb about things that don't concern me. Whinging and whining over something that offends you or taking out your phone to record something you don't like I simply am not interested. I don't understand why everyone cares so much

[@meaganchiddix6890]

I watched this 3 years ago and shared it and was laughed at. I am sharing it again with friend who are ready to see it. Such a great movie

[@DavidCaveperson]

Never been to Australia... Now I'm convinced never to go

[@trzrh]

Right. I always tell people that Australia is testing ground for NWO

[@NuYiDao]

"Things have changed a lot" "We hardly noticed."

[@cheri618]

“I’d like to live out the rest of my life with the few freedoms I have left.” That’s sad as hell man wtf

[@RetroGameSpacko]

only unrealistic thing here is that bathrooms and even prisons would be safe zones

[@mmille10]

I love the line, "I'm starting the car. What do you think I'm doing?" XD

[@totallyoverratedsellouts5039]

When your belly's empty, you swallow anything shoved down your throat. Pure genius. Absolute kudos to the makers of this film!

[@fyiaustralia9686]

This looks creepily like where Australia is heading right now...

[@ShutYoMoufWideOpen]

The license plate reads SNITCH 😂 😂 😂

[@davidryanjr1414]

This has to be the most frightening thing I've ever seen in my life

[@christianjaramillo9591]

What a nightmare Sadly this is what’s coming when everyone is giving up their rights

[@stevious7278]

You'll get used to it...

[@leahflops9425]

what rights have you given up big man

[@alexeyfedotov4227]

Nobody gives a s. about rights

[@sillygooberment]

​@@stevious7278 I will not

[@stevious7278]

@@sillygooberment Spoken like a true rebel. Bravo! Unfortunately history, and an examination of human behaviour, would show that all a government has to do is bombard the public with PSAs stating that it is "in the national interest" or a "matter of national security" that we relinquish our rights and how long do you suppose you could hold out with all of your neighbours and friends casting dispersions upon you for not submitting? Good luck... and peace.

[@starepiernikowe]

If people won't wake up, everywhere we will have this, sooner or later.

[@wesleyrodgers886]

I have more hope in the human spirit.

[@starepiernikowe]

@@wesleyrodgers886 you know what they say about "hope" ;)

[@berzerkov4358]

Chill bruh

[@sprocastersprocaster]

Who knows

[@wesleyrodgers886]

@@starepiernikowe hope springs eternal

[@Fernan3D]

Hay que hacer una serie, 10 episodios que vayan mostrando el paso gradual de vida normal a Utopía.

[@kostax7777]

Tengo la intención de convertirlo en una serie, pero primero tengo que encontrar el dinero. ¡Gracias!

[@Casper0123]

This is super well made! probably the best short film I've seen in a while!!

[@zantas-handle]

That bracelet, turning green or red, determining if he could get on the plane or not. Welcome to the principle of Health -Freedom- Passports.

[@adamhulburt5140]

Not sure if you are U.S. or not, but you can leave the country without a passport or anything really without much issue, it's the destination and getting back that's the problem. The airlines and airports are the ones who have the issues, and they just follow government guidelines, not laws.

[@Rose-zh5xg]

@@adamhulburt5140 it depends on where you're from and where you're going to. Ex: you can go to Brazil without any issues, but Brazilians need some stuff before going to America. Americans face some issues like that too depending on where they're going to.

[@chainreaction8977]

bingo

[@k.t2432]

Also the rfid chips they are trying to put out .its already happening in most countrys.

[@niagarawarrior9623]

@@k.t2432 The average cellphone is a far better public health / general tracking tool then most people seem to realize. why chip people or have them wear RHID chips when you can track people passively with the 'out of sight out of mind concept'?

[@todd-makes-videos]

This will be the future, maybe not while I'm alive, but it's going that direction. Great film! I need a bigger bathroom now before it's outlawed! Haha

[@Rhythmattica]

And make sure you live close to a Kebab shop.

[@MyMusicHarbourage]

@@Rhythmattica Why? What did a kebab shop do? Hurt your fefes?

[@pietercuijpers878]

I was expecting that more than 5 min in the bathroom would be fined as well, it sure is at my place 🤣

[@alo5301]

2025 it will start

[@gailbaxter4900]

I’m 68 I can see it happening in my life time.

[@carloses]

Great concept! But it's pretty weird why they wouldn't accept cash, or why there wasn't a bank app on their phones to pay the fines, would've made a lot of the conflict irrelevant here, and is totally realistic.

[@Rhythmattica]

Absolutely.... Its a Concept... And one that is also, entertaining.. Thats the MO.

[@tyawesome111]

controlling people's money is an easy way to control them

[@Rhythmattica]

@@tyawesome111 Watch THX1138.. Is an idea expanding 1984.Many see the ending as an anticlimax, however , it's not.. Its somewhat what really makes you think.

[@runelokas-zm1bs]

the license plate on the car in the beginning says SNITCH 🤣

[@grave367]

Way too real, way too fast, right as I'm going to bed. Nightmares ahoy.

[@PeaknikMicki]

That's not Utopia, that's Victoria - the most leavable place in the world. Heck, they even got the TP rolls right. That's eye for detail

[@metermorphose]

That short has got an extremely oppressive impact on me. Well done, the end is surprising.