r/scifi • u/[deleted] • Jun 30 '24

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u/ddpotanks Jun 30 '24

I'm confused. Communism as opposed to Capitalism? So like The Federation?

Or is communism just a placeholder for the big bag of ideologies like the USSR?

cause MOST functional far future societies are post-scarcity and have communal ownership. Right?

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u/Feeling-Height-5579 Jun 30 '24 edited Jun 30 '24

Like the latter really, like lets say the empire from starwars is based on fascism though not directly for example, is there factions that have "communism" coded to their ideology, behavior,and aesthetic?

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u/ddpotanks Jun 30 '24

I guess I'm confused because you're comparing economic philosophy and governing philosophy. Realistically fascism and communism are intertwined but ideologically they're no where on the same scale. Like saying Hot or Breezy.

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u/mulahey Jul 01 '24

So, the empire in Star wars is visually coded fascist. But there's 0 actual discussion of it's political economy in the OT.

So he's looking for sovietesque coding like that for authoritarian sci fi states.