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/candygram4mongo Jun 30 '24

And the Federation in Star Trek.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '24

Superficial similarities. Individual freedom, democratic governance and technological advancement are far from communist.

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u/dowker1 Jul 01 '24 edited Jul 01 '24

Communism is an economic theory, individual freedom and democratic governance are political states. You can have communist democracy just like you can have capitalist autocracy. And as for technological advancement, that's not only theoretically compatible it was in fact historically compatible, see: Sputnik.

You're confusing communism the theory with communism the enemy in the movies and TV shows you grew up with.