I’m also reminded of the dispossessed, in which le guin describes two worlds, a capitalist society in which people are rich but have curtailed freedoms and some authoritarian aspects, and a kind of socialist anarchy where people are very poor, claim to be free, and are constrained by culture and custom rather than law.
I find that people who come into the book with a strong prior on capitalism being good or bad will also end up with a clear view on which “utopia” is better. The book itself is probably a critique of the idea that utopia is even possible and whether it’s a coherent concept at all.
I’m also reminded of the dispossessed, in which le guin describes two worlds, a capitalist society in which people are rich but have curtailed freedoms and some authoritarian aspects, and a kind of socialist anarchy where people are very poor, claim to be free, and are constrained by culture and custom rather than law.
I find that people who come into the book with a strong prior on capitalism being good or bad will also end up with a clear view on which “utopia” is better. The book itself is probably a critique of the idea that utopia is even possible and whether it’s a coherent concept at all.