Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. It’s a really good fiction work, set in a collapsing US due to end-stage neoliberalism and climate change. The main character, Lauren, flees Los Angeles in 2024 during the collapse of the United States. Along the way, she creates a new religious understanding centered around change (which sometimes feels shockingly like dialectical materialism), and builds a community of people to withstand the chaos together.
It was written in 1993, but the book feels shockingly real. In the book in 2024, President Donner wins the 2024 presidential election with the slogan “Make America Great Again” on a platform of defunding science and further repealing labor protections. Insane how accurate Butler predicted Trump.
loved that book so much, although the actual organizational part i felt was a little too liberal/individualistic. the similarities between the ideology of the characters and diamat were also something i noticed and enjoyed in my read through
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. It’s a really good fiction work, set in a collapsing US due to end-stage neoliberalism and climate change. The main character, Lauren, flees Los Angeles in 2024 during the collapse of the United States. Along the way, she creates a new religious understanding centered around change (which sometimes feels shockingly like dialectical materialism), and builds a community of people to withstand the chaos together.
It was written in 1993, but the book feels shockingly real. In the book in 2024, President Donner wins the 2024 presidential election with the slogan “Make America Great Again” on a platform of defunding science and further repealing labor protections. Insane how accurate Butler predicted Trump.
loved that book so much, although the actual organizational part i felt was a little too liberal/individualistic. the similarities between the ideology of the characters and diamat were also something i noticed and enjoyed in my read through