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[–] ennemi@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

hey have you watched "the man in the high castle" it's about alternative universe in which the nazis won, can you imagine if that happened, can you imagine if they just took over an entire continent and murdered almost everyone on it and installed a fascist christian ethnostate and went about playing world police for 80 years, that would be real fucked up

[–] axont@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My favorite part about the book is that there's an alt-alt-history novel the characters will sometimes read, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy where instead the Allies win the alt-history version of WW2. In the alt-alt-history, after the Allies win they basically do a positive imperialism where they conquer Africa and China, somehow eliminate poverty, spread the New Deal worldwide, then the US and UK get into a cold war that the UK wins.

I took it to mean that PKD thought even in a liberal's wildest imagination, even when under the direct threat of fascism, they'd write a book about how they almost win and then lose.

[–] ennemi@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

oh shit they went and made the amazon show into a book

[–] AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I made a similar observation several years ago. For the American tribes still present, The Man in the High Castle is a reality for them.

[–] forcequit@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

no but I've watched Harry Potter. Expelliarmus! Crypto Patronym! Terra Nullius!

[–] ennemi@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

then you'll love my fanfic, harry potter and the lost cause

[–] D61@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

"And the wizarding world will rise again!"