If I have the power to break the laws of thermodynamics, then I also have the power not to give a shit about some puny glowie trying to impose a punishment for that.
Deme
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I had some very similar ideas. This could be tied into some sort of a base management survival game like Rimworld. Start off with some educated people and nice survival tech like solar panels etc., friendly neighbours and ample access to information and so on. Then try to keep things going as time takes its toll on equipment and people and the climate gets shittier and shittier. First all fancy tech starts to get scarce when global supply chains start to fail and foreign imports stop. The internet starts to go down and you have to get your news via radio, then by mail and then as hearsay. At some point the local government goes fash and starts sending raids to you, or maybe it's a nearby declining military power that rolls in with some rusty tanks. Neighbours start to get desperate as crops fail and savagery spreads. Or maybe it's you who will be doing the rading and the cannibalism?
If you get far enough in the game that your original population starts to be replaced, you'd better hope that you managed to preserve at least some of their skills and knowledge by writing books and teaching the kids, because rediscovering shit is a whole lot harder.
Sorry for the late reply. I admit I haven't read the book and thus can't comment on it, but the movie is a great commentary on fascism, because it surprises us by making us notice that "Wait a second, I'm rooting for the fascists. How did that happen?!". The visual messaging is pretty clear with the giant eagles, Hugo Boss leather uniforms and overall militarlism and xenophobia, but it goes much deeper than that.
Everyone gets free healthcare and education, as long as you're part of 'us' instead of 'them'. We're used to the fascism where 'us' is some ethnic or religious group of humans and 'them' is some different group of humans. In starship troopers however, the fascism gets to fly under the radar by making the entirety of humanity the in-group. The aliens don't need to be dehumanized because they're quite clearly not human. Yet they feel fear and are only reacting to the spread of humans into their neighbourhood, while humans are outright shouting for genocide. "The only good bug is a dead bug!"
I wonder what makes me more mad: this, or the fact that we're not going to do shit about it unless there's money to be made.
I don't disagree, but this context is a bit weird given that starship troopers depicts a rosy vision of the future but with fascism.
Sure. If any are left alive after the IDF demolishes Gaza to the ground.
Yes? Never claimed otherwise.
My point was that there are thankfully exceptions to this prevalent trope.
Good thing The Expanse is a series instead of a movie.
I admire the optimism of everyone who didn't expect this outcome
Imagine not knowing your bearings at all times...
Also imagine not looking like a sailor...
[ˈbloːhaj] because that's how Blåhaj is pronounced.