Sibilantjoe comments on How I imagine those crying "i tHouGHT StAr Trek WAs suPPosEd tO bE a UtOPia"

[–] Sibilantjoe@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

What? No. The Culture is about individual freedom to a high degree, even the AIs (Minds) running the show are individuals that often disagree with each other about how to proceed.

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

from inside it, yeah. but the people fighting against them don't see that part. the first book makes it pretty clear that they see the culture as a ruthless unfeeling war machine that absorbs worlds into its ideology without consent.

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[–] Sibilantjoe@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Ah, I see what you mean now.

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[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago

Yes, in part, the struggles of a person inside a utopia would be difficult for an audience to appreciate, so The Culture novels and Star Trek both take the action to the margins, where things are messy and the struggles are more familiar.

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