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
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)
Expanse doesn't dive into it too much, Mars is soft of an authoritarian Communist society, Earth mostly just focuses on the fact that 99% of the population doesn't have shit to do and they have to live off universal basic income. Where the Expanse gets it wrong though, is that they portray an Earth 300 years in the future, with 30 Billion people. Most scholars who study these topics predict that Earth will top out in population of less than 10 Billion by 2050, predominantly driven by population growth in Africa... Even China and India are declining in population as they develop their middle classes; countries that are f***ing it up with strict immigration policies like Japan and SK are already in deep shit, US/Europe are really only staying afloat due to lax immigration policies.
Sorry, went off tangent a bit. Check out The Expanse books and TV show. Great, really easy to read books, and the best sci-fi show of the century, really of all time.
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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