Leave The World Behind (2023)

In case of emergency, break the glass! To say we are ill-prepared for a total breakdown of society is an understatement. Recent headlines have highlighted the risk of Russia using nuclear weapons in space to knock out our satellites, as a first step in the takeover of the Western countries. So this is current.

I have a lot of quibbles about the authenticity of some of the predicted events, such as Tesla (self-driving) cars being triggered somehow to drive into major pileups that block freeway access. And the Havana syndrome (high-pitched) noise being projected at everyone inside and outside the house that even cracks the windows. But the most accurate presentation is the standoff between the two men and a nearby neighbour who has prepared for this Iran/Korea/China takeover by stocking up on food and water. Every man for himself!

The American gun culture has fed into this type of confrontational interaction between people who should be looking out for their neighbours as well as themselves. It’s the Golden Rule.

Yesterday, the following YouTube video was suggested to me, hours before we watched Leave The World Behind on Netflix.

And, did you know, Barack and Michelle Obama were executive producers of the Netflix film? Hmm.