It would be a good satire of capitalist "human nature" arguments and American individualism

"Those damn pinkos actually made it..."

  • utopologist [any]
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    3 months ago

    The Wild Coast by Kim Stanley Robinson is basically about this; the US gets the fuck nuked out of it and then the rest of the world takes turns patrolling the US coasts to make sure nobody leaves

      • utopologist [any]
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        3 months ago

        It's one of his very early books and there isn't actually a ton that happens in it. As part of his Three Californias trilogy there was some interesting stuff but overall I'd probably consider it a pass. Though I really enjoyed Aurora and 2312, so our tastes may not necessarily align

        • Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml
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          3 months ago

          I suppose Aurora was actually decent, just a bit anticlimatic. 2312 had a lot of memorable and cool worldbuilding but the story was almost non existing.