The First Purge

If you liked purge from the beginning you know it was always about purging the poor and problematic.

The first centered on it in the first half them changed to being about jealousy and keeping up with the Jones'.
Like most horror movies there should have just been one.

Also no laws bothers me. I mean no laws.

So I can go force people to sign over property to me and the next day it's still mine? Or does any crime revert back?
If I rob a bank during the purge do I get to keep the money the next day? Wouldn't I be breaking a law having the money even if I didn't break a law taking it?

That movie was so so bad. Struggled to get through it.

If you eliminate the poor the line of who is poor just moves up.

It must be hard to staff menial jobs in that society.

Though I mean, I hate to even think about it, but I have to say it's not a horrible idea.

they should do a purge movie where a large societal element forms via social media and goes off and performs an off-cycle/non-government sponsored purge of hollywood and political types that preach and try to control the common man. That I could enjoy.

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If you eliminate the poor the line of who is poor just moves up.

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Well....no

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There are rules. You cannot kill certain officials or use heavy explosives. Anything you can steal will be yours, but there are no contracts established during the Purge. So no transfer of property/vehicles. If there is no crime, there can be no spoils from said crime. Money is just yours now. I'm pretty sure all cash, jewels, valuables are hidden away though..

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the series this last fall on USA or TNT actually delved a bit more into that.

chick wanted to kill her boss, but she had to work during the purge. so she hired an assassin to do it for her, but the assassin wouldn't take the job till the start of the purge so that way there was no conspiracy for murder.

i'd argue anything before that was conspiracy anyways, but no money or names/locations changed hands till the start of the purge.


flash backwards to the first purge...

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It is a fascinating social experiment. The tenants of it just can't be disputed. If you eliminate the lower levels of society, we will flourish

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i think that it's an interesting topic, albeit not worthy of 4 movies and a tv series. i actually liked the second one the most out of these because it went beyond just the one family from the first one. third one kinda ended it because of the final outcome.

if you want to take a very nihilistic view of the world (I am a Christian and DO NOT subscribe to this, as it's entirely evil) deleting half of the lower class would do wonders. Especially the more violent half that wants to engage in that sort of behavior anyways. Menial workforce would be cut in half every year and create a lot less unemployment.

It's kinda a "thanos was right" argument.

All of those crimes taking time, planning and opportunity. The event only lasts 8 hours one night a year. Most companies are closed and most people are hiding. There are private mercenaries that protect resources that people really value. Most crime is ones of opportunity. The poor are going to go after the poor. They can gang together and try to attack a rich neighborhood. But those people are well armed and prepared. Just easier to loot and take from each other. It's what happens now, just to a much greater degree..

Well...yeah.

Okay let's use a number.

Let's say. People who have less than 20,000 are poor. They ate wiped out. Now your poor are those with less than 25,0000 and so on.

Our poor in the US would be well off in many third world countries. We are a relatively wealthy nation.

I enjoyed the show but it's definitely become too preachy.