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ltr
Oct 29, 2004

Take the plunge! Okay! posted:

Did anyone else feel that the anarchist planet had a more opressive system in many aspects than the capitalist imperialist one?

I saw bits of the oppressive nature through the first half, then it really kicks into high gear just after half way first with the paper he wanted published and then the baby and drought stuff. In the capitalist society, he could have gotten the paper published even on his own, but did not have the opportunity in there anarchist.

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

It also ties into LeGuin's Taoist beliefs -- there's no perfect system, but there are two opposing systems, each of which contains in itself the seeds of its own destruction and transformation into the other system.


I'm about 60% through and getting that no perfect system vibe as well. It's pretty clear than the "no perfect system" is what she's dgetting at. Purely anarchist is just as bad as purely capitalist.

I talk about the same argument of "no perfect system" with my hardcore capitalist friend vs. my socialist views. Each system needs a little of the other to prosper.

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