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Maybe I confused the issue.
I wanted to say that unfairness in the setting doesn’t imply unfairness in the society. It’s unfair and unsettling that humans have to share a universe with superior artificial intelligences, but they’ve managed to construct a utopian society in spite of it.
If the Culture were the only game in town, I would be more inclined to call it dystopian. But leaving/schisming/self-effacing is a large part of their appeal. I think that forgives a lot of the paternalism.
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