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by moheeb 5285 days ago
It is funny that you mention Eloi and Morlocks. Just last night I caught a few taped television commercials and was wondering who their target audience could possibly be. I brought up the concepts of Eloi and Morlocks and a cultural, intelligence, and eventual genetic divide.

I don't intend to sound elitist, but some of the TV commercials were so ridiculous and predatory that I figured they must be aimed at a group of people with low intelligence. This immediately made me think of the Eloi and Morlocks from Time Machine.

I found the concept quite sad. I wondered if that was how the homo sapiens felt about neanderthals? It seems a situation that is ripe for predation. Perhaps we are headed down the same path.

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