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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas

Utopia requiring the perpetual suffering of a child.

Actually pretty fucked up they didn't credit her, it's almost the same story

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[–] TrudeauCastroson@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Giver is also based on this premise and came out after Le Guin's version.

Didn't realize it was a common trope.

[–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Always felt like the giver had this very anti-communist bent. Like "hey look what you'd give up in this egalitarian society! All those gritty aspects of life is what makes it worth living!". Maybe I'm just wrong

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah it was definitely anti-communitarian and pro-individualism.