# Least favourite dystopian fiction cliche?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favourite-dystopian-fiction-cliche/826971>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 31, 2018, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favourite-dystopian-fiction-cliche/826971 "2018-12-31T09:32:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favourite-dystopian-fiction-cliche/826971/21 "2019-01-01T03:51:24Z")

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> [@Penfeather](#):
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> As does the idea that any potential revolutionaries must necessarily be middle-aged, middle class, educated white men similar to the author, since the “proles” are too busy being chirpy gor blimey guvnor do wot leave it art Cockney rabble.

Credit where credits due. Orwell got that from Marx and Lenin 🙂

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favourite-dystopian-fiction-cliche/826971/22 "2019-01-01T04:09:54Z")

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I dislike that there’s always something burning in one corner. Guys, you’ve got limited resources. Put that shit out and save it for a fire when you need it.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favourite-dystopian-fiction-cliche/826971/23 "2019-01-01T04:46:51Z")

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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> Homogeneity. Everyone wears basically the same outfit, everyone has the same room, and all structures, vehicles, and objects adhere to a single aesthetic style. And for some reason sci-fi writers have all agreed that denim inexplicably ceases to exist in any iteration of the future.

Jerry Seinfeld:  
“Hey, we’ve seen the future, and it’s all one outfit: ‘Okay, everyone, from now on, we’re only wearing silver onesies with the angled white stripe and the white belt. And silver boots. Nothing else.’”

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favourite-dystopian-fiction-cliche/826971/24 "2019-01-01T04:56:44Z")

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All of the world’s evils can be conquered by **LOVE**.

Yeah, right. Pull the other one! :rolleyes:

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