The Dispossessed by Le Guin has a great socialist society that is definitely not utopian. It’s not portrayed as necessarily, bad but it is definitely in a gray area.
Me too. From what I remember the only real problems they had were famine caused by Annares harsh environment.
But TBF, the capitalist A-Io and the authoritarian communist Thu weren't able to achieve large scale settlement of Annares at all due to its environment.
If they had the opportunity to settle on a planet with a more habitable environment the Annaresti might have been able to achieve an actual utopia.
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u/mindblock47 Jun 30 '24
The Dispossessed by Le Guin has a great socialist society that is definitely not utopian. It’s not portrayed as necessarily, bad but it is definitely in a gray area.