It even has drug induced brainwashing and coercive sex slavery, and it sees its inner circles (and the sufficiently devout) as gods in the making. This is full Thetan tear lunacy, but because totemic magic words like "SCIENCE" and "LOGIC" are slapped all over the outer walls, it hasn't gotten the same scrutiny.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
    hexagon
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    2 years ago

    I think a big part of :lmayo: anxiety that leads to :frothingfash: tendencies is the mortal fear of receiving the same imperialistic brutality that they were fine with when it was dished out to "undesirables."

    • SaniFlush [any, any]
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      2 years ago

      Ray Bradbury's short story "The Other Foot" was about African-Americans forming a thriving colony on Mars ahead of the Anglos, and getting to define the rules this time around...

      spoiler

      And they treat everyone as equals, because they're not a bunch of imperialist-brained psychopaths.

        • SaniFlush [any, any]
          ·
          2 years ago

          Yes, Bradbury was the most boomer of boomers. He was also a very hopeful man who could still imagine a better future. I think it's that internal conflict which made his stories interesting to read.

          ...Also his psych horror anthologies were pretty good