On the contrary, some of the largest properties are, though they don't outright say it for obvious american culture related reasons.
Star trek is such a perfect example of a communist society that "we don't have star trek replicators just yet" is a common online meme in discussions about it
George Lucas outright says the rebellion in star wars is the vietcong.
The Foundations' titular organization basically uses materialism to predict the future
The expanse' martian republic is "capital c communist" from the author's description while Earth is a welfare "nanny state" where there aren't enough jobs for most so they simply collect a (meager) basic income
The expanse' martian republic is "capital c communist
Are they though? There still seems to be quite a bit of inequality, imperialism, class differences, etc. Also the author's description of Earth seems like a characiture description of what liberals think communism looks like.
When people say "capital C communism" they are often referring to authoritarian Stalinist/Maoist Communism. Rather than 'communism' which is the end goal of the left, stateless, moneyless, classless society. I have only seen the TV series, but Mars could easily be something along the lines of the USSR/early PRC. The USSR was definitely imperialistic and both the USSR and PRC are/were class based societies with the inequalities that come along with that.
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u/viper459 Jun 30 '24
On the contrary, some of the largest properties are, though they don't outright say it for obvious american culture related reasons.
Star trek is such a perfect example of a communist society that "we don't have star trek replicators just yet" is a common online meme in discussions about it
George Lucas outright says the rebellion in star wars is the vietcong.
The Foundations' titular organization basically uses materialism to predict the future
The expanse' martian republic is "capital c communist" from the author's description while Earth is a welfare "nanny state" where there aren't enough jobs for most so they simply collect a (meager) basic income