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by robin-a 1602 days ago
And, why Soylent is called Soylent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green
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In the book that the movie is loosely based on, Soylent Green is made, as its name suggests, from lentils and soy. They changed it to people for the movie, without telling the author.