Of all the dystopias I read as a teen I think Fahrenheit 451 is the flimsiest thematically but the prose more than makes up for it
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Bradbury's after the fact reveal that Fire Chief Beatty is an embittered classicist who's fully embraced the nihilism of modernity is great
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It's the most newly relevant element of the story. There's a dozen Fire Chief Beattys working in New Media rn
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