It always struck me as more jestfully misanthropic than outright reactionary. Very strong "Humanity is a comically dumb civilization in a galaxy filled with comically dumb civilizations" energy. It's not over the top though. If anything, it is very cynically liberal.
it does make fun of capitalism though. there is a civilisation that was destroyed because they just kept making shoes because it was the only profitable thing to do for some reason.
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
That series has huge Elon musk energy
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I always liked the books, I don't even know or care if they're reactionary, they're just nice dumb entertainment lol
It always struck me as more jestfully misanthropic than outright reactionary. Very strong "Humanity is a comically dumb civilization in a galaxy filled with comically dumb civilizations" energy. It's not over the top though. If anything, it is very cynically liberal.
I enjoyed the series quite a bit.
I just recently came to recognize the unbearable British smugness of the series, but I still reluctantly like it anyway
it does make fun of capitalism though. there is a civilisation that was destroyed because they just kept making shoes because it was the only profitable thing to do for some reason.