A Throwback Thursday post
Science fiction, particularly the writings of Ursula le Guin, explores hypothetical alternative societies, cultures, futures, and histories. I am currently watching Babylon 5 again on DVD, and would highly recommend it as an exploration of what happens when a totalitarian and xenophobic government takes over, and how people come together to resist.
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As a science fiction geek, I want to know where my fully automated luxury space communism went.
I don’t want to live in the Handmaid’s Tale, aka Project 2025, though I acknowledge that all the things in the Handmaid’s Tale have already been done to Black and Indigenous women.
These are only the most obvious and visible dystopian nightmares, however. In the dank corners of the internet, other scary visions are brewing.
There are also some hopeful scenarios available.
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