I would take a very different stance on what caused stories of the darker sides of humanity to flourish after the end of WW2. From what I understand, the cultur

I would take a very different stance on what caused stories of the darker sides of humanity to flourish after the end of WW2. From what I understand, the cultural trauma of the horrors of WW2 were a big factor, and the cold war’s ever looming threat of global nuclear war comes up often in people describing the zeitgeist of the era. I don’t think the media about the darker sides of humanity came from peace, but from that direct exposure to what the darker sides of humanity can be at country-wide scales. Art can also be a description of what humanity should work towards. In this way a well written book that is hopeful need not be a false hope, but a showing of what humanity should work towards. Without having that goal of a better future, it is inevitable that we would fall towards dystopia.