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Sci-fi With an Interesting Vision of Society in c/books@lemmy.ml

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

Wow what a beautiful passage. And thanks, I'll take a look at that book.

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Sci-fi With an Interesting Vision of Society (hexbear.net)

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What's some books with an interesting vision of the future? I don't just mean more advanced technology, I mean the way it's organized.

I find often people can't envision past the society we have now. There's that quote, "It is easier to imagine an end to the world than an end to capitalism", and it seems more and more true, but sci-fi authors seem best equipped to actually imagine beyond that.

I've heard some sci-fi authors mentioned in this category before, like Heinlen, Ursula K. Le Guin, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Isaac Asimov's Foundation series.

I haven't read any of them lol. Would have no idea where to start within them that fits this category, or what other choices there are that people would suggest.

Venezuela’s Supreme Court of Justice confirms validity of Maduro victory in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That seems to be what they're figuring out. The right wing candidate didn't even submit their voting tallies to the Supreme Court or participate in any of the investigations while everyone else did (including other anti-Maduro candidates). What are they supposed to use to determine popular will? Screenshot of papers printed in Machado's basement?

I wouldn't be surprised if some shenanigans happened until they publish their results by polling location, but until then all we have to go on is uncooperative opposition and US-based think tanks (the country that's tried to coup Venezuela basically every other year since Chavez).