Are there any signs in the movie Gattaca that the society is militaristic or surveils the population at all?

I don't remember any.

nickdothutton 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

From a surveillance perspective, genetic testing at birth, routine DNA testing, fingerprint and retina scans are commonplace, more or less constant and routine background and identity checks even at the roadside. Although I admit I do not recall any military element to it.

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thrance 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Me neither. The story focused more on acute classism than pure authoritarianism, although the two go well hand in hand.

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throwawayq3423 9 hours ago | parent [-]

If anything, it was pretty optimistic that humans would focus on exploring space instead of oppressing each other.

	▲	thrance 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I mean, the lower castes in the movie seem pretty oppressed to me? Just not in the obvious "Sovietpunk" way usually used to describe oppression on the screen.