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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Wed Mar 21, 2012, 03:20 PM Mar 2012

We would never let ourselves be pitted against each other because the 1% had left us broke and desperate, right? Oh, wait . . .

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Is 'Hunger Games' A Cautionary Tale For The 99%? (Original Post) Playinghardball Mar 2012 OP

It's a moderately well-written dystopian novel aimed at juveniles. Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #1

Yep, that's exactly what it is. A primer for youth and the unaware. Bluenorthwest Mar 2012 #2

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1. It's a moderately well-written dystopian novel aimed at juveniles.

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 03:53 PM

Mar 2012

That sort of thing being popular with tweens right now. I wouldn't attach any more significance to it than that.

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2. Yep, that's exactly what it is. A primer for youth and the unaware.

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 04:39 PM

Mar 2012

I'm delighted at the success of the series, and the film is so much more content filled than recent summer tent pole releases.