The big issue I’m having is that I’m seeing the Plurb as very much revolution coded. I hear “It was done against people’s will, people died” and immediately think “A revolution is certainly the most authoritarian thing there is; it is the act whereby one part of the population imposes its will upon the other part.” The Plurb tells us it’s shutting power down for efficiency, making sure everyone is getting the nutrients they need, getting junkies clean and I think “The revolution that feeds the children gets my support” BUT then the show says, there’s gonna be a famine because The Plurb is too principled or idealistic and I hear, “communism only works in theory, in the real world millions die.”

I lived through LOST, I don’t know that I care about the ending and show theories, ya know? I’m ruined already. What I care about is what message the story is telling and what hoops people’s brains are jumping through to maintain congruency with the story. idk. I don’t think I’m gonna be happy regardless.

Much of our ignorance of the Plurb is because we’re experiencing it 90% through Carol’s eyes and she can’t be bothered to get to know the Plurb. There’s so much that we don’t know and can be filled in at the writers whims simply because Carol’s investigations happen in dumpsters instead of just asking. And people are applauding this for some reason. The more I think about it, the more I wonder how long I’ll last with the show. It’s an interesting premise but as soon as they pulled out the famine bit, well.🤷‍♂️