That said, it is like I keep saying. Dystopian futures always prove remarkably optimistic, as no one can predict just how bad "reality" will be in the future. I was aware of this beforehand and still invoked it - the Clown World in PRO era 2024 written in 2021 looks far better than the 2024 we got and that's even after discounting the possibility of leaving.
One particular example stands out from a different author, because he intentionally made both worlds as shitty as possible, yet they still came out better than Clown World because his Clown World follows the rule of pics or it didn't happen - you cannot be accused of wrongthink based on fabricated evidence or no evidence, so avoid the cameras and you can do what you want. That is a substantial improvement over the 50 or so years, as this Clown World still has dieversity being their (not your) strength, kids getting raped by trannies while naive, out of touch boomers claim America still exists, etc.
And then the isekai world is also a revolving door of Might makes Right where every race acts like orcs except the NPC who remain clueless and domesticated. But even that is an improvement, because you have a non zero chance of gaining power and improving your situation.
There's many other examples, but none as directly relevant here.
It's a living example of the meme where it talks about a dystopian hellhole where the government enslaves everyone and the soycattle is very excited until it learns that you aren't talking about some work of fiction, but about "reality", after which you get triggered NPC dialogue.
Correct, the establishment is afraid of the sunlight of truth
Fairy tales have happy ending though.
That said, it is like I keep saying. Dystopian futures always prove remarkably optimistic, as no one can predict just how bad "reality" will be in the future. I was aware of this beforehand and still invoked it - the Clown World in PRO era 2024 written in 2021 looks far better than the 2024 we got and that's even after discounting the possibility of leaving.
One particular example stands out from a different author, because he intentionally made both worlds as shitty as possible, yet they still came out better than Clown World because his Clown World follows the rule of pics or it didn't happen - you cannot be accused of wrongthink based on fabricated evidence or no evidence, so avoid the cameras and you can do what you want. That is a substantial improvement over the 50 or so years, as this Clown World still has dieversity being their (not your) strength, kids getting raped by trannies while naive, out of touch boomers claim America still exists, etc.
And then the isekai world is also a revolving door of Might makes Right where every race acts like orcs except the NPC who remain clueless and domesticated. But even that is an improvement, because you have a non zero chance of gaining power and improving your situation.
There's many other examples, but none as directly relevant here.
It's a living example of the meme where it talks about a dystopian hellhole where the government enslaves everyone and the soycattle is very excited until it learns that you aren't talking about some work of fiction, but about "reality", after which you get triggered NPC dialogue.