Hot take: post-apocalyptic fiction is so popular because people desperately want to live lives that aren't yoked by capitalism, but are unable to even conceive of such a thing happening without the world ending first

@ELJ1

This echoes the recent Methods Devour Themselves episode by Rev Left Radio, if you haven't listened yet check it out. Fiction under ImperialistCapitalism in a very deep but accessible way with many perspectives.
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