We step into the Sanctuary Districts of "Past Tense" to analyze what happens when government neglects its own people. The episode shows how economic policy failures (housing, poverty, services) lead directly to authoritarian segregation. We discuss how this neglect is disguised as "order," and why the rights of the most vulnerable are always put on borrowed time.
Key Takeaways: Systemic authoritarianism arrives through a long series of funding cuts. Every time you push for investment, you are tearing down a future Sanctuary wall.
Next Week: Doctor Who — The Fragility of Freedom.
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