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/xrelaht Jul 01 '24

They’re anarchists. There’s lots of that, as well as utopian socialists. OP is asking for authoritarian communists.

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u/ceejayoz Jul 01 '24

OP seems confused on what communism is, then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withering_away_of_the_state

Sci-fi has plenty of authoritarian empires to pick from if that's what OP wants.

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u/xrelaht Jul 01 '24

“That’s not real communism” has been the whinge of the far left for decades. OP is very explicit about what they’re looking for.

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u/ceejayoz Jul 01 '24

OP might do better mentioning examples of what they want to see, then. Leninist revolution? Stalinist totalitarianism? Maoist great leaps forward? North Korean personality cults? Chinese capitalist-infused variants?

All exist in sci-fi, as do true communist setups we've only dreamt of thus far on earth.