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Arguably countries are on a logical trajectory to consolidate into economic superblocks, if not in literal than in defacto status. Gundam 00 comes to mind as a
by mjevans 4y ago
Arguably countries are on a logical trajectory to consolidate into economic superblocks, if not in literal than in defacto status.
Gundam 00 comes to mind as an example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_00 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_00 , one of the main characters is a former child warrior from the then severely economically depressed post-oil 'middle east' region, while each of the three economic superblocks has it's own space elevator connecting to an orbital ring of solar collectors.
- oblio 4y agoI mean, Gundam 00 is cool and all, but it's from 2007 or so. Nineteen Eighty-Four (from 1949) literally has Oceania, Eurasia, Eastasia :-)
- bongobingo1 4y ago
- mjevans 4y agoI read that book (when forced to while in school), and I mostly only remember Big Brother and that dystopias suck. Also I would take everything stated about everyplace, inside the fictional regime or not, with a huge grain of salt. I probably did at the time, which is why the specific world state just never stuck with me.