Tyrannical governments, natural disasters, crime, violence, poverty—mix these ingredients and you get a hopeless society where people don’t live, they just exist.

Sounds like a nightmare, right? Something we would never wish to see on Earth. However, at the same time, such a predicament is quite easy to imagine. According to the subreddit r/ABoringDystopia, that is because humanity is already moving in that direction.

This online community unites 760K members and they regularly share real-life examples to prove their point. Here are some of the recent ones that seem pretty convincing.

#1 Palestinians Returning To Their Homes In Khan Yunis, Gaza After The Iof Partially Withdraw. This Was A City That Housed Approx. 400,000 People. Photo By Ali Jadallah

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#2 Argentina New “Anarcho-Capitalist” President Announced People Would Lose Social Welfare Plans If They Blocked Streets In Protest. These Are The Streets Outside Congress At 3:00 Am

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#3 This Ad Looks Like It’s From A Dystopian Movie But It’s Real

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#4 Drones Luring Civilians To Their Deaths

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#5 Top 1% Of U.S. Earners Now Have More Wealth Than The Entire Middle Class

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#6 The First Image That Pops Up When You Google Beethoven Is Now AI Generated

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#7 So We’re Here Now, Do We Deserve Each Other?

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#8 Housing Crisis Reality

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#9 AI Company’s ‘Stop Hiring Humans’ Ads All Over Sf

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#10 The Oligarchic States Of America

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#11 Used Meta AI To Edit A Selfie, Now Instagram Is Using My Face On Ads Targeted At Me

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#12 Heil… Wait, This Can’t Be Real?

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#13 “What Starts Here Changes The World” Officers Surrounding Peaceful Pro-Palestine, Anti-Genocide Protesters At The University Of Texas In Austin

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#14 Ys Presidential Candidate And Ambassador To The Un, Writes ‘Finish Them’ On Bombs Used To Mass M*rder Children

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#15 It Is So Over Goddamn

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#16 The Human Internet Is Dying. AI Images Taking Over Google

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#17 This Is Not Normal And Should Not Be Seen As A Wholesome Story Either

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#18 Tire Particulate In Your Bloodstream

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#19 What’s The End Game Here?

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#20 Idk If They’re Joking With This Survey? Or What? Prolly Trying To Make A Point I Hope

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#21 Russia In The 90’s But It’s Argentina Today

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#22 Economist Michael Hudson Warned That The Parasite Anti-Economy (Finance, Real Estate, Insurance) Would Devour The Real Working Economy. Article Link In The Comments

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#23 The State Of The Union

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#24 A Company Box Lunch That Comes With Simulated Cookie Printed Out

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#25 It’s Hot Let’s Gouge People For Water

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#26 Today, For The 32nd Year In A Row, The Entire World Voted To Condemn The Us’ Illegal And Cruel Embargo Against Cuba – Except For Three Countries

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#27 Don’t Worry Yall. Since La Cut $17.6 Million From The Lafd And Gave A Significant Portion To The Lapd, The Police Will Be Able To Handle It

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#28 Bernie Asks, Billionaire Answers: The $7.25 Standoff

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#29 The Official White House Page On The Us Constitution Just Went 404

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#30 The Definition Of “Out Of Touch”

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#31 A Police Sniper Stationed On The Roof Of The Indiana Memorial Union Overlooking A Student Encampment At Iu Bloomington

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#32 Had To Pay 50 Cent To Use The Restroom, But There Is A Cutout For Kids To Use It Free

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#33 Corporate Media Says Corporate Greed Not Driving Inflation

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#34 17,000 Tourists Arrived Today With Cruise Ships In Santorini, A Small Greek Island. Santorini’s Total Population Is 17,000 Citizens. Overtourism Is Real And It’s Scary

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#35 Went To A Bar To Watch The Olympics. Everyone Pledged Allegiance To The Trump Flag Before Starting

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#36 Even A Paying Customer Is Considered Loitering If They Stay Past 30 Minutes. What Happened To Hanging Out At Diners?

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#37 Sad Times With No Reprieve On The Horizon

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#38 Israel Wipes Out Another Village In Lebanon

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#39 Fortune Magazine Shaming Gen Z For Not Purchasing Diamonds Mined By Children Or Owned By Oligarchs

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#40 Where Have I Seen This Before? Hmm 🤔

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#41 That Is The Truth Sadly

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#42 Removing Slavery Was On The Ballot In California. It Literally Had No Opposition Campaign At All, And It Still Lost

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#43 It’s A Trickle-Down Nightmare

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#44 Guerrilla Poster On The Subway

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#45 Yet Again The Us Vetoes A Un Resolution For Ceasefire

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#46 Ten Whole Thousand Dollars!

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#47 Picture Sent To Me From A Friend That Works In An Amazon Distribution Center

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#48 A Perfect Snapshot Of America In The Trending Articles From 12/6/24

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#49 Whistleblower Found Dead

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#50 ‘murica Never Disappoints

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#51 …and Some People Are Afraid, That A Class War Might Be Imminent

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#52 So I Happaned To Rewatched Don’t Look Up, And This Scene Hit Pretty Close To Home

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#53 I Can’t Even… (Link In Description)

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#54 Tesla Cybertruck Reportedly Catches Fire Outside Trump Hotel In Las Vegas

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#55 There Is No Privacy Or Freedom In Tesla

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#56 What’s Next Gambling How Many People Die?

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#57 Improvised Shelter Made From Condo Sales Signs

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#58 Tik Tok’s Ban Comes With A Side Of Propaganda

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#59 Absolutely Speechless Right Now. Am I Being Trolled?

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#60 McDonald’s In The 1980s Compared To Today

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#61 Spotify Decided The Device I Bought Less Than 2 Years Ago Will Just Stop Working

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#62 Strange Priorities

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#63 Maye Musk, Mother Of Richest Man In The World, Sits In On Doge Meetings

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#64 I’m Going To Celebrate Today As A Holiday

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#65 That Won’t Even Cover My Out Of Pocket Maximum For The Year

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#66 It Isn’t A Threat, The Casings Are Empty. It’s A Reminder Of How Far Society Is Being Pushed By Profit Over People

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#67 Just Got This In The Mail Today

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