No. For starters he brings out the standard examples of dystopias that were supposedly "based on science" -- Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The Nazis were o

No. For starters he brings out the standard examples of dystopias that were supposedly "based on science" -- Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The Nazis were obsessed with mysticism and were only interested in science in terms of weapons. The Soviets liked to throw around the word "scientific" a lot, but as with their promotion of Lysenkoism over real biology, they clearly valued ideology over science.