Not really. With Techage or the 3 tech pack (mesecon, digilines, something-somthing tubes) you can do something a little similar. But there is no direct comparison.

I use them for autocrafting and auto sorting inventory to a storage bank (in a building, not on your own storage). But that is all.

What if it is the opposite, to make sure all murican athletes gets back on the plane and not flee to Europe. North Korean style.

Honestly yes. I don't remember the book that much, I think the show goes further than the book. It is sad, dark and gloomie tho, my wife refused to watch it for that reason.

But I believe it is a great warning.

The lifestyle you described is, once again, The Handmaid's Tale.

I am sick of those idiots taking Sci-Fi books written as fiction or warnings in the worst case, and use them as fucking user manuals.