I really struggled when people posted their hot takes about how the rl COVID-19 response "disproved" dystopian fiction by showing that people are generally kind and willing to sacrifice for the greater good Believe what you need to believe but nohttps://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/1279846140024885249?s=19 …
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I hate this specific rhetoric about how the purpose of fiction is to try to prove the thesis "Humanity is inherently good" or "Humanity is inherently evil" It's so childish Of course it's neither of those things
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I'm not a pessimist because I think humans are all generally waiting to suddenly become cackling mustache-twirling monsters at the drop of a hat Most dystopian fiction doesn't really believe that either I think that humans are prone to making *bad decisions under stress*
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The same horde of people that's capable of doing the great good under the right circumstances is capable of doing great evil under the wrong ones And all I'm saying is those bad circumstances come along more often and are easier to exploit
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We were capable of reacting humanely and with prudence to the situation *for a while*, *under the correct circumstances* Those circumstances didn't obtain forever Systems matter, leadership matters, material support structures matter
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