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[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) The Giver I've heard that book cited as being a cautionary tale about the evils of communism permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago Yeah I mean its basically about some super hightech post scarcity future where humans have decided to genetically engineer (I think) all of their racial differences and to remove all sexual desire and prejudice, or something like that. And basically one kid every so often gets to like... psychically inherit all these memories of how the world used to be. Basically you're meant to feel like its awful to ruin the human condition this way, but long after I read it I clocked it as seeming very anti-communist, like this is what the foolish commies will do if they eradicate scarcity and whatnot. Its not very good, from a creative perspective I think it would've been better as a short story that was more sci-fi in nature. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago Yeah I mean its basically about some super hightech post scarcity future where humans have decided to genetically engineer (I think) all of their racial differences and to remove all sexual desire and prejudice, or something like that. And basically one kid every so often gets to like... psychically inherit all these memories of how the world used to be. Basically you're meant to feel like its awful to ruin the human condition this way, but long after I read it I clocked it as seeming very anti-communist, like this is what the foolish commies will do if they eradicate scarcity and whatnot. Its not very good, from a creative perspective I think it would've been better as a short story that was more sci-fi in nature. permalink fedilink source parent