The Seven Prophets of Profitopoli$

Lynne Wintergerst
Futurists are Octopods
1 min readAug 7, 2017
Photo by Niiso Bainbridge — Bye Ox Bat, Dystopic World

In February, 2010 I wrote a Paper as a teaser for a Swinburne University assignment I faced: it ended up taking on a life of its own and became my only offering for what should have been a 3-part scenario. The Book of Profitopoli$ — the title it finally carried — is a satirical piece that became strangely prophetic. In February, 2010 it was addressed to Tony Abbot as leader of the Opposition in Australia. Kevin Rudd was Prime Minister. Julia Gillard replaced Rudd on June 24, 2010. Barak Obama was President of the United States.

The newspaper/media clips to the right of the text were my actual references and much of what I saw as a budding Futurist was infuriating me. Read The Book of Profitopoli$ through a Dropbox link below:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bfnmsikryyxycau/PROFITOPOLI%24%20print%20edition%20red.pdf?dl=0

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