I’ll put a TLDR, TIA for checking this post out. While I understand my question is politically charged, I’m NOT looking to have open discussions on politics here, simply discussing the books people feel represent, the right (conservative) and left (liberal), extremes.
The title is my main question, but I’ll elaborate. I recently got a copy of The Handmaids Tale (I have seen what’s available of the show. I also went ahead and got a copy of the testaments because they had both at my local used bookstore). A review in the front caught my eye. It was playboy, I forget they actually publish articles and reviews and such. Anyway, their review said “…Atwood examines life after the extreme right has had its way…” Having seen the show I understood why they said that. But it made me question what book(s) would be considered the extreme left having their way, or a liberal dystopia. Obviously, we’re talking about works of fiction here. I asked my dad and his first answer was 1984, which to be fair I haven’t read, but from what I knew I assumed it was a more conservative dystopia. So, I decided to reach out to you lovely people and see what suggestions you had.
TLDR; Given the Handmaids Tale as an example of extreme right, what book(s) would be considered the result of an extreme left, or a liberal dystopia.
by zippy7766
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“Liberal dystopia” is a bit of a contradiction in terms, no?
Liberal is:
1. willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one’s own; open to new ideas.
2. relating to or denoting a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise.
Dystopic societies are inherently the opposite of all of that.
Oval by Elvia Wilk