2/ absolutely true ...and not just of fiction. I can go toe-to-toe with pretty much anyone and pass the Ideological Turing test to show that I understand their arguments, and almost no one outside of my tribe has any clue what we believe.https://twitter.com/PolybiusChamp/status/1495464792240312320 …
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As a Culture-gimmick account I'm laughing my ass off
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Scifi yes, but what about fantasy? I can't really think of any non-feudal, non-oligarchical, non-clan systems of political government in any non-contemporary fantasy settings.
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2/ Fantasy is inherently historical, so it's almost always going to have historical social structures...but it often criticizes them. Perdido Street Station by China Mieville, His Dark Materials by Pullman, Gormenghast by Peak, Virconiumhttps://twitter.com/RahmSJ/status/1495466465339711489 …
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If you're not coming up with novel ways for humans to organize themselves, what's the point of writing SF?
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gadget porn
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Iain Banks pretty much got it spot on what a pampered post capitalist existence does to humans. Ever notice how the only interesting ppl in the culture are either misfits, psychopaths or outsiders?
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Das Kapital was a good attempt, sucks towards the end though.
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1984 as a counter-example?
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