The thing about dystopian novels is that they are typically far away enough in possibility space that you can enjoy the novelty of a future you don't have to live. Quite different when the world around you seems determined in trucking towards the general direction.
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the thing about dystopian novels is that they’re supposed to be warnings to not do the thing
Except they're really survival porn, like actual porn pretends to be a pizza delivery that OMG turns to Something Else