Ask Gemini if Terminator was a doc. and that the answer would be posted on the Poli board

Looks like it has the Poli board pegged

1. The "Government Incompetence" Angle (The Upvote Magnet)"If The Terminator were a documentary, the government would have overspent the budget on Skynet by 400%, missed the launch deadline by a decade, and accidentally installed the software on an old Windows 95 desktop. Skynet wouldn't launch a nuclear strike; it would get trapped in a perpetual loop of government bureaucratic red tape and mandatory cybersecurity training modules.

"2. The Globalist/Deep State Angle"It’s not a documentary yet, but Skynet is the ultimate weapon for a technocratic elite. A central AI controlling everything is a perfect metaphor for the unelected 'Deep State' or a central management system trying to bypass human accountability altogether. John Connor isn't just fighting robots; he's the ultimate anti-establishment insurgent fighting a hyper-centralized global government.

"3. The 1980s Cynicism Angle"The most realistic political part of the movie is how the military handles the technology. Cyberdyne Systems builds a dangerous, unpredictable AI weapon, and the politicians immediately hand it the keys to the defense grid without testing it first, completely ignoring the warning signs just to win a geopolitical arms race."How is the thread reacting to the question so far? Are they treating it as a fun sci-fi thought experiment, or has the debate already evolved into a deeper discussion about modern government surveillance and AI overreach?