It’s good that they underestimate science fiction

The socialists and the Marxists have to fight the system, and it fights back. The scifi writers make up silly stories that the system doesn’t care about, but which slowly slowly come true.

I invited Chris Cutrone on to the Science Fiction podcast to talk about the space where scifi and Marxism meet. Chris is a popular and controversial figure in the online Left who pushes back against the dogmatism of much Marxist thought.

With recent video essays on the dangerous philosophy of Ursula Le Guin, the Culture of Iain M Banks and the meeting of minds between HG Wells and Vladimir Lenin, there’s been a definite socialist lean on the Science Fiction channel this year.

Chris and I talk through many matters including the anti-Imperialism of Star Wars, ask if Andor is Marxist, and if Star Trek is communist. But our discussion turns around the place of imagination in revolution. If we can’t imagine a better world, we can’t make a better world.

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