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minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·9 months agoIsn’t that like, part of what makes SciFi as powerful as it is? That it’s talking about political and social issues without naming names?
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·9 months agoExactly. Which is why authoritarian regimes are terrified of it, and apologists for those regimes self censor.
Isn’t that like, part of what makes SciFi as powerful as it is? That it’s talking about political and social issues without naming names?
Exactly.
Which is why authoritarian regimes are terrified of it, and apologists for those regimes self censor.