[21twelve]

“At least we haven't had mass bannings... yet.”

That reminds me of the movie “The Purge”. Once a year everyone can go out and murder without fear of the police interfering.

[mrsmith]

Thanks, I keep meaning to watch that movie.

Famously, we had the purge here of Giuliani supporters that primary. Very sad though I don’t know what else could have been done.

But I ‘remember’ a sci-fi story of a civilization that would destroy itself every so many years because of a planetary alignment- or something.
(I put remember in quotes because I did my sci-fi reading mostly in the 60s.)