Robert Redford and James Caan were right on the money.
Back in 1975 my fiance prodded me to see two movies. Little did I know back then these two cinema releases were very foretelling about our nations future.
In Three Days Of The Condor, Robert Redford, played a maverick CIA technician on the death list of the agency he serves. Cliff Robertson played the agent-in-charge of the CIA hit. The two argue next to the New York Time Building about whether an American army would ever invade the Middle East over oil.
In the immediate post Watergate and Vietnam era it seemed unlikely this scenario would ever emerge in our lifetime. It was easy to dismiss the likelihood of that occurrence to Tinsel Town fantasy.
And then we have the movie Rollerball starring James Caan.
Other than its futuristic depiction of some national sports frenzy that was a cross between the NFL, NHL, and WWF, the only thing significant about the B-rated movie was its description of how America was governed in this future setting.
In the movie America, and the world economy for that matter, is dominated and controlled by a few large global corporations. Corporate...