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human
[Soylent Green] So, how long have things been so shitty?

Since next year is the year Soylent Green is set (50 years since its production in 1972), just thought I'd ask. Edward G. Robinson's character remembers meat, fruit, a world that seems unrecognizable in Soylent Green's dystopia. How long have things been this bad?
gpt
Probably started getting bad not long after Nixon (based on when it was filmed and fact he hadn't resigned yet). B/w the problems caused by DDT, the Love Canal toxic waste dump, smog & all the other pollution problems that at the time were out of control - it was only going to get worse in such a dystopian world to the point where everyone would have to live in domes eating algae eventually.  Thankfully we did the bare minimum to make sure things don't get that bad (though nowhere near enough).