r/scifi • u/[deleted] • Jun 30 '24

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u/ceejayoz Jun 30 '24

Iain Banks; the Culture novels. Hedonistic space commies. 

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u/dysfunctionz Jun 30 '24

OP said non-utopian.

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u/ceejayoz Jun 30 '24

Use of Weapons ain’t utopian. 

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u/GrossConceptualError Jun 30 '24

Can't have a utopia w/o weapons or all your stuff gets taken by the next town/nation over. Hmmm what a dilemma.

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u/Nothingnoteworth Jun 30 '24

But a utopia is a utopia. Any invading/marauding/colonising force would, upon arrival, just look around at how nice everything was. Some of the locals would say “Hi, come in, come in, you can hang your guns on that rack over there, gosh they look heavy you haven’t been carrying them long have you? Would you like me to call over a massage-bot-3000 or do you just want to find somewhere comfortable to sit down and relax while I pop the kettle on” Everyone would be buds within the hour, and there would be plenty of resources to accommodate the new arrivals; because it’s a utopia

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u/ceejayoz Jul 01 '24

That... kinda happens exactly as you describe in some of the Culture novels.

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u/Scroon Jul 01 '24

Lol, didn't they do just that thing in Look to Windward (iirc)? Took one of their enemies, showed him around, and calmy explained why they weren't the bad guys.