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