340 Fascism of the USA versus Star Trek, Star Wars, Blade Runner, and The Man in the High Castle
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The audio player is at the bottom of this webpage so scroll to the bottom to listen to the show.Concurrent news: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bruce-springsteens-streets-minneapolis-anti-ice-protest-song-hits-no-1-rcna256711 Working definitions: About Fascism: Websites that rate how our nation-states are doing: Website that evaluates your political biases https://www.politicalcompass.org Science Fiction and Fascism SciFi Thoughts Fascism Model The following table is a model […]
Concurrent news: Bruce Springsteen’s Streets of Minneapolis : https://x.com/mariashriver/status/2016618469740204114?s=61 https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bruce-springsteens-streets-minneapolis-anti-ice-protest-song-hits-no-1-rcna256711 Working definitions: With a framework of Retrospective, Contemporary, and Speculative, we can identify examples of works that portray fascism. Retrospective is science fiction that looks back at past fascist events, generally WW2. Contemporary is science fiction that was written to look at what’s happening in […]
Concurrent news: Bruce Springsteen’s Streets of Minneapolis : https://x.com/mariashriver/status/2016618469740204114?s=61 https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bruce-springsteens-streets-minneapolis-anti-ice-protest-song-hits-no-1-rcna256711 Working definitions: With a framework of Retrospective, Contemporary, and Speculative, we can identify examples of works that portray fascism. Retrospective is science fiction that looks back at past fascist events, generally WW2. Contemporary is science fiction that was written to look at what’s happening in […]
If you enjoyed listening to this episode, hear Will talk about his space opera science fiction adventure, BLAZESKY: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/blazesky-a-space-opera-video-game/ Looking Backward, a novel about the future written in 1880s by Ed Bellamy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward Looking Backward on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Backward-2000-Edward-Bellamy/dp/B0B1C94PQ9/
