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user-inactivated · 3289 days ago · link · · parent · post: Stories that give readers hope for tolerable life after an apocalypse are not just inaccurate, but despicable.
personally I'm not interested in straight hero stories or pure escapism. i see fiction as a way to relate to the existing world, and explore new modes of being. power fantasies should be recognized as such. power fantasies that serve as propaganda should be examined critically.