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oh i can see why we are drawn to the genre, same as how true crime is very popular.
When you say you don't foresee a dystopia, i would push back and say that there are many countires that are currently living in one, just not a sci fi one (NK example), most of human history has been brutal and even in first world countries, many people live in situations that they would probably call dystopian, probably why people keep coming back to dream of socialism.
that aside, this post was just about which hypothetical dystopias seem the most credable
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Dystopian novels, stories and settings are akin to porn, imo. Many enjoy spending time in that setting for the same reason many news casters adopted the saying if it bleeds it leads. We have this biological need to entertain such an extreme cynicism about society that it successfully gets replicated across mediums countless times. It's why we see it so often. And everyone can relate to that portrayal of society because we all can see hints of it in our life from government, corporations, etc. Name your bad guy.
But at the core, people are fucking amazing. We seek out ways to avoid this setting at whatever cost and will always continue to do-so. Many of the people on this site most likely stumbled upon Bitcoin in their search for freedom and sovereignty tech. I don't foresee a dystopia simply because of our constant determination to undermine and thwart attempts to arrive at that extreme.