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Foundation vs Dune (media.kbin.social)
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[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The expense always looked like almost utopic to me.

[–] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Truly ? What aspects of it ?

I mean they do have universal basic income on earth but apart from that humanity is all kinds of fucked. And it doesn't exactly get better as the story progresses.

[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The fact that the earth is even united and not completely screwed is already a great start. It was even recovering from climate change before Inaros.

[–] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 6 points 1 year ago

The earthers are not doing that bad in the beginning that is true. But the rest of the system have it rough.

[–] teft@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The earth is united like the United States is united. The tribes just got bigger is all. Instead of NATO vs BRICS, the Expanse universe has Earthers vs Martians vs Belters. And people are suffering hard on earth as evidenced during Bobby’s trip to the ocean.

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone starts to come together in the last book though.

[–] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 1 points 1 year ago

In a very... Specific way.

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair to Inaros he did end global warming and the overpopulation of earth.

[–] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 1 points 1 year ago

Inaros did nothing wrong.

[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean dystopic right ... right?

[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not at all. It always looked like something in between for me. Humanity is still struggling but moving forward, and most people live under various kind of regimes but no big bad Empire.

[–] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 2 points 1 year ago

Well the belters have it pretty rough and Mars is basically totalitarian. And without spoiling anything I'd suggest you keep reading, it is worth it :).

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Winston Duarte has entered the chat.

[–] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 1 points 1 year ago

The chat has become Winston Duarte.

[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you would enjoy the belter life much?

[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Belters are a vast minority, though.