Post #1072870

Ever noticed how rigid, harsh, even cruel sci-fi civilizations often look like better places to live than modern society? Been doing it in my own stories, without even meaning to. How?! What happens here is that our supposedly enlightened ways are profoundly inhumane, even when we nominally protect human rights. On the whole, we only pay lip service to humanity. People can feel that, you know, even if it's hard to articulate.