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By sanctifying History in order to discredit God, Marxism has merely rendered Him more peculiar and more haunting. You can stifle every impulse in humanity except the need for an Absolute, which will survive the destruction of temples and even the disappearance of religion on earth. The core of the Russian people being religious, they will inevitably gain the upper hand...


Emil Cioran


#religion

This director could say many things about duty, and self-respect, and dignity, but she knew none of these meant much in the post-modern world.


B. Barmanbek


#future #science-fiction #utopia #respect

To enslave an individual troubles your consciences, Archivist, but to enslave a clone is no more troubling than owning the latest six-wheeler ford, ethically. Because you cannot discern our differences, you assume we have none. But make no mistake: even same-stem fabricants cultured in the same wombtank are as singular as snowflakes.


David Mitchell


#dystopia #science-fiction #slavery #science

She liked who she was becoming, despite the pain and frustration it brought.


B. Barmanbek


#future #science-fiction #utopia #science

As one climbs up the ladders in society, one starts feeling more and more like an owner, less like a member of it.


B. Barmanbek


#future #science-fiction #utopia #science

Maligned –powerfully-drawn characters acting out a disturbing view of our future.” -David Compton, New York Times Best-Selling author


Kathleen Papajohn


#romance #science-fiction #thriller #science

The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a new gimmick, or a bunch of strong men, or an invasion of aliens, or the conquest of other planets, or the annihilation of half the world--in short, pretty nearly anything but the facing up to the integral and irredeemable nature of mankind--can bring about utopian situations. It is the old error of the externalization of evil.


Brian Aldiss


#mankind #optimism #science-fiction #utopia #men

No, not really. But …” Okay, I couldn’t help but gloat a little. “She likes me.” Samedi didn’t even look at me. “Well of course, you’ve had that bloody uniform on all day. I was half ready to tell you how much I liked you.


Lia Habel


#dystopian #fiction #lia-habel #neo-victorian #paranormal

Two little dark figures, looking up. Are they looking at me? Is is him? This far away there's only one way to know. I point to the sky.


Ally Condie


#dystopian-fiction #teen-fiction #teen

Where utopianism is advanced through gradualism rather than revolution, albeit steady and persistent as in democratic societies, it can deceive and disarm an unsuspecting population, which is largely content and passive. It is sold as reforming and improving the existing society's imperfections and weaknesses without imperiling its basic nature. Under these conditions, it is mostly ignored, dismissed, or tolerated by much of the citizenry and celebrated by some. Transformation is deemed innocuous, well-intentioned, and perhaps constructive but not a dangerous trespass on fundamental liberties.


Mark R. Levin


#gradualism #utopianism #nature






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