Utopia, a poll (with other completely unconnected question)

[andrewducker]

"The Culture" in this case refers to the space-faring civilisation in Iain Banks' awesome series of novels.

[Poll #1792224]

Comments

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

My point with the behaviour of rich men is that rich men represent as close as we've been to a post-scarcity society

I guess my whole comment boils down to the fact that I think this is completely untrue.

BTW did you mean to use the word current?

Yes. It perhaps isn't very elegant but it does the job, even if "contemporary" would have been better.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

I guess my whole comment boils down to the fact that I think this is completely untrue.

I'd be interested in hearing more about that.

Yes. It perhaps isn't very elegant but it does the job, even if "contemporary" would have been better.

I'm a bit confused by the use of current here.

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested in hearing more about that.

Well, I'm not sure what else there is to say. On the one hand, we have a very small amount of rich men who have a lot of property in a society where most people have very little. On the other hand, you have a huge amount of Cultureniks who all have a functionally infinite amount of property. How can the former be any model for the latter?

I'm a bit confused by the use of current here.

If you want me to explain it to you, you'll have to tell me what is confusing you.