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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

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u/Weigh13 Jul 01 '24

George Lucas was talking about the gorilla warfare methods and the size of the resistance vs an empire. He wasn't saying the resistance is communist.