[camle]

the premise of TDTESS is that people are incapable of self-governance, and need some irrevocable outside power to control them.

the film demands that we give up our freedom and self-determination to a bunch of robots who are unaccountable and unstoppable. assimilate or we will stop you.

sounds like a call for bigger, more intrucive government to me, adn far less FREEDOM!

[Cincinatus]

The original story upon which the film is based had an even more disturbing twist: Gort was not Klaatu's robot servant, he was his master. This astonishingly fascist notion is hinted at in the movie where Klaatu remarks in regard to the peace-keeping robots that "in this area, we have given them absolute authority over us."

Sounds swell. Where do I sign up for this cosmic utopia?

[fnord]

the premise of TDTESS is that people are incapable of self-governance, and need some irrevocable outside power to control them.

the film demands that we give up our freedom and self-determination to a bunch of robots who are unaccountable and unstoppable. assimilate or we will stop you.

sounds like a call for bigger, more intrusive government to me, and far less FREEDOM!

also sounds like a call for bigger, more intrusive religious rule, and far less freedom.

which is why I lump the religionists and the socialists together. both camps want to eradicate individual freedom because we just can't handle liberty, and need the wisdom of elites to rule us all.

having said that, I doubt this is a cautionary tale, but more intended to soften us up for more top-down control.