This is something I've argued about a lot recently, and I think it's very important to be aware of. All too often in political debates, the subject of some dyst

This is something I've argued about a lot recently, and I think it's very important to be aware of. All too often in political debates, the subject of some dystopian scenario from fiction will come up. Fiction serves an important role in helping you to see other points of view, but it's even more important to keep in mind that it is just fiction. When people point to Atlas Shrugged or 1984 and cite some real world event that seems to back it up, it reaffirms the belief that we're heading towards that fictional dystopia. When in fact this is merely selection bias. Dystopian fiction is entertaining, but we cannot draw any real world conclusions from the fictional narrative. The world is much, much more complex than the fictional straw man world the author creates.