Are dystopian fictions cautionary tales or self-fulfilling prophecies?
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The tagline of Alex Garland’s movie Civil War, produced by the American film and TV production company A24, is “All Empires Fall.” Set in a dystopian near future, where the United States has unraveled under a dictatorship and marauding militias inflict random acts of violence on citizens, the movie is presented—in Garland’s words—“
Are dystopian fictions cautionary tales or self-fulfilling prophecies?
Are dystopian fictions cautionary tales or…
Are dystopian fictions cautionary tales or self-fulfilling prophecies?
The tagline of Alex Garland’s movie Civil War, produced by the American film and TV production company A24, is “All Empires Fall.” Set in a dystopian near future, where the United States has unraveled under a dictatorship and marauding militias inflict random acts of violence on citizens, the movie is presented—in Garland’s words—“