“Quite an experience to live in fear, isn’t it? That’s what it is to be a slave. … I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe.” — Roy Batty

Yes I’m using “perhaps the most moving death soliloquy in cinematic history” to draw a parallel between a dystopian Los Angeles featured in a 40-year-old movie (set in November 2019) and the absurdity that persists throughout the world. Sadly it’s not a stretch.