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In defense of science fiction (www.noahpinion.blog)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

rich people have misused sci-fi

Blaming an art form for the tyranny of oligarchy is a bit silly. The capitalist class is going to abuse us using any & every means at their disposal, and canceling a literary genre won’t change that.

But with that said, I think Charlie Stross’ original blog post is really good, and that Altanticist sci-fi is significantly a product of the capitalist, neocolonial ideology we swim in, and so it reflects that. Stross describes this in detail. More socialist sci-fi, please.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

How much fantasy is too? Art is a product of the creators of that art and the society it's made in.