Section 31 is about an emperor from the evil timeline in Star Trek coming to their timeline. I realized that we live in the bad timeline. In the timeline where Harris won Starfleet and the Federation prosper. In our timeline fascists run the quadrant.
She sat for a really interesting interview at the University of Toronto a week or two ago. It’s on YouTube and she talks a lot about the current situation. She made the point that the distinction between America and Gilead was the handmaids were well treated and the children were cherished
One of the great SF of all time is
Octavia E. Butler's Earthseed books.
The main baddy US President who's so MAGA! There's camps, hi-tech collars for slaves, new company towns, yet, the people striving in solidarity, failing repeatedly, is better than what we have.
I've long felt that many on the right have actually read (or at least familiar with) "1984", but instead of seeing it as a warning, thought it was an instruction manual.
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“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever”. George Orwell, 1984.
I know you said a lot and not all, but 1984 is the peak of dystopian fiction. The main contender. The work against which all others are measured.
I'm flummoxed.
I yelled out loud, “Those bastards in my church would do Gilead in a heartbeat if they could!” startling the dog.
Evil isn't great, but the sheer stupidity of all this makes it so much more obnoxious.
Like, post-WWI Germans had a lot of reasonable gripes with the world. The holocaust obviously wasn't the solution, but at least there were reasons.
Americans are just stupid.
One of the great SF of all time is
Octavia E. Butler's Earthseed books.
The main baddy US President who's so MAGA! There's camps, hi-tech collars for slaves, new company towns, yet, the people striving in solidarity, failing repeatedly, is better than what we have.