Via @parabasis an old Isaac Asimov critique of Orwell's 1984: http://www.newworker.org/ncptrory/1984.htm …
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Asimov's Foundation series has its virtues but the idea of a Galactic Empire is absurd, given distances between stars.
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Not if the Empire had a monopoly on wormhole technology.
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And one guided by the calculations of a long-dead scientist, which today seems not super likely?
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Correction:Hasn't happened yet. Altho the scifi trope of nations ruled by multinational corps is, arguably, in progress.
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I think you’re construing plausibility too literally.
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