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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2011-11-03 12:48 pm

Utopia, a poll (with other completely unconnected question)

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

[Poll #1792224]

[identity profile] ninebelow.livejournal.com 2011-11-04 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
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.