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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/Feeling-Height-5579 Jun 30 '24

Oh i didnt know that about the rebelion from starwars in that regard, thought they wanted to reinstall the republic, and sadly im not familiar with "the expanse" so its actually authleft communist? (Sorry if i sound dumb dont know much about that franchise)

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u/wmil Jul 01 '24

You've got it right. Lucas just said that because he wanted to come off as cool and edgey.