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This is a universe with faster than light travel and near infinite resources. There's a homeless shelter in one of the major cities. I helped them out. Why the fuck is there a homeless shelter in a universe with FTL and near infinite resources?

I'm starting to think Fallout under Bethesda isn't a satire and their writers are just incapable of imagining anything beyond capitalism.

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

incapable of imagining anything beyond capitalism

you just described about 98% of Americans. And probably Europeans. I won't speak for the rest of the world but it's probably still not great.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's my most sci-fi is uninteresting to me. The authors often just come up with some Times Square looking moon cities with billboards in space.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Some can manage to be Philip K. Dick and then most end up Orwell.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That's why you gotta get on the star trek train and enjoy fully-automated luxury gay space communism