RE: Where Is The Dystopia?
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I think dystopian futures are more than just technology. They are more a commentary on the failure of governments. There are the Mad Max dystopia in which central government has completely failed. Then there are the Orwellian dystopias where government has taken complete control over the lives of citizens. It’s centralized versus decentralized. Technoloogy in these visions tends to follow the degree of control over society.
I don’t think either type of dystopia is an adequate portrayal. History shows us that when central governments fail, we just create a new one.
Also, we keep an eye on North Korea, China, Cuba, Venezuela, and to some degree the Eurozone, to find out how far people can be pushed before they rid themselves of the yoke of their government. Apparently, people are willing to endure quite a bit. Where these examples don’t follow popular dystopian visions is that none of these, except China, perhaps, are using amazing technology.
That is true yet history is filled with governments that were overthrown or completely collapsed. Look at the Soviet Union 30 years ago. A half century cold war and it died simply by it imploding upon itself.
So governments being at the core of the dystopia could have a part in the problem, but that tends to clear out over time.
Even Cuba is much different than it was a few decades ago. China too. North Korea, not so much. Venezuela-going backwards.
Here we see some ebb and flow.
By the way, I agree about the EU but that is because the model is also about to implode on itself. There are serious issues that cannot be papered over. It is going to be very interesting how they try to keep that taped together.
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I was a teen when the Eurozone was coming around. I vaguely recall that it was meant to be a trade coalition rather than a government. I think they overstepped their bounds. Europe is too diverse to form one people under one government. Although they don't have government power, they exert too much power over member nations.