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I'm a little obsessed with this sort of "technocratic panic" of the 1930s. There was a growing concern that robots would take people's jobs. (Spoiler: it happened)
I'm not certain what caused the panic, but it may have been a response to a brief technocracy movement of the same time. Whatever the cause, the concern made its way into pop culture.
Anyway, last night, I watched the short cartoon *Technoracket* (1933)— a hallmark example of the technocratic panic.
Here's a short synopsis: 🧵
