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It's also, you know, fiction. You can tell because of the wormholes and aliens and magic.
by loeg 3y ago
It's also, you know, fiction. You can tell because of the wormholes and aliens and magic.
- wkat4242 3y agoOh yes of course but I don't think it's a coincidence that every Sci-Fi that has enormous megacorporations is also incredibly dystopian. Think also of Blade Runner (it's a core theme in the cyberpunk genre it spawned). And Firefly, probably a lot more. Which Sci-Fi franchise has ultra-powerful corporations and isn't dystopian? Don't forget Sci-Fi is a product of our own civilisation. I think we all know deep down that the current ultracapitalist model will bring us to doom. Because we're already most of the way there. That gets incorporated in to Sci-Fi because people will feel it's more realistic. I always loved the more socialist take of Star Trek (especially TNG). They even did away with the whole concept of money "We work to better ourselves". Pretty revolutionary in the 80s but it feels even more so now.