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.
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.