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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

I love the idea but I think the categories can be improved.

The four axes are future tech, all-powerful government, everyone defending the system and actively participating, and street violence.

I also didn't realize until I did this that this 4-way Venn diagram is incomplete. It's not able to represent the 2-way combinations from opposite sides:

  • Blade Runner = Gattaca + The Lottery
  • V for Vendetta = 1984 + A Clockwork Orange

Edit: Made some revisions for increased accuracy

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

"Of course, the book does not contain any hints on how to win the lottery. It is, rather, a chilling tale of conformity gone mad."

"Aww!"

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago

...and now I have my reading list for the next year!

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You really need to keep Brave New World in there.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's in there. It's one of the nigh-unreadable ones, tech + powerful dystopian government + people generally loving and supporting the system.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

This is going to be fun isn’t it?