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I was told this was a science fiction novel, but it reads more like a bulleted list of socialist talking points.
by bigfishrunning 2y ago
I was told this was a science fiction novel, but it reads more like a bulleted list of socialist talking points.
- sgarland 2y agoIn the story, the utopia was gained by purchasing land as a group, and then sharing its resources. What a frightening concept!
- bigfishrunning 2y agoThe utopia also relies on resources being effectively infinite, which they are certainly not
- sgarland 2y agoIIRC (it’s been a year or so since I last read it), they had recycling, and acknowledged that the resources were finite, but had calculated that for the limited amount of people they admitted, they would last long enough to figure something else out. I may be misremembering.
- pixl97 2y ago"The capitalists are surely going to treat me well after they can replace my labor with robots"
- bigfishrunning 2y agoAs someone that works in robotics, I can say that most jobs are safe until long after I'm dead