Tanista
27d ago
If I write a dystopia about an oppressive one-party state, but then add a lot of statements into the story that in this world it has been scientifically been proven that this is the logical endpoint of any and all societies, does this suddenly make it not a dystopia?
It's a dystopia because of the "oppressive" downside, Culture Minds are not oppressive, just superior.
The Sublime seems to resolve most of your complaints it seems to me.
It's a process any collective group can go through that takes them to a realm where it's proven nothing can die nor get bored (in fact, realspace is so boring in comparison most people never return) and there's endless discovery and growth.
It's more democratic than realspace since non-Minds can have it and apparently all sapient races can achieve it.
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