I see a lot of well-meaning support for this. I can’t help but think there has to be a way to implement these kinds of controls without taking power away from the user.
Like the Fediverse implementing better mod tools rather than expecting Twitter to effectively moderate the internet.
In our world.
I would consider Wheel of Time as an example of fantasy with reskinned real world cultures.
Andor is essentially a landlocked version of England, having a “Lion Throne” and ruled by a queen. Cairhien and Mayene bear similarities to France (Cairhien has the Sun Throne; Mayener names are reminiscent of French). Arad Doman resembles Arabic countries and Iran. (source: TV Tropes)
It’s well-written, but by nature of being fantasy, it sidesteps the challenge of writing meaningful interactions between real world communities.
If they actually made that work… respect.
A beta build of Android 16 contains an early version of Google’s new Android Desktop Mode that, in the future, could let users simply plug their smartphone into a monitor and use it like a laptop or desktop computer.
The first few chapters seemed like someone took all their antisemitic conspiracy theory / murder fantasies and model-swapped aliens for Jews.
I can’t unsee it, and I wish I could suspension-of-disbelief harder, because I was initially really interested in the premise.
Edit: Maybe xenophobic / immigrants is more apt.
Well that’s a rude thing to say to your… girlfriend?
Culturally sensitive depiction of… what exactly? Knowing nothing, I see a person with a laser sword and a gargoyle.
It looks you’re coming at this in bad faith, so I’ll ignore you.
For anyone else reading, the CIA version basically revises “brutal dictator” to “brutal ‘captain of a team’.”
OP’s saying that neoliberals and the CIA were/are contradicting each other, not that Stalin was a good guy.
I was going to say The Matrix was ackshually a closeted trans allegory, but it turns out it’s both (but also, whatever you want it to be, kinda).
I remember a Freakonomics episode that described an experimental alternative to traffic cops: a “good driver” lottery.
If you’re “caught” driving the speed limit, you get entered into a lottery. Less adversarial relationship with traffic cops and more drivers would be incentivized to drive safe more often.
Edit: It was apparently an article, not a podcast.