YMMV / Punishment Park

• Hilarious in Hindsight: The plot is facilitated by Richard Nixon abusing the McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950, to enable his Emergency Authority that allows for the Punishment Park program. In real life 1971, the same year the film was released, some of the more controversial parts of the McCarran Internal Security Act would be officially repealed through the Non-Detention Act of 1971, which was signed into law by Nixon that year, most prominently the emergency detention provision. In essence, the complete opposite scenario of what was depicted in the film.

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