I’m about a quarter of the way through The Dispossessed, and I’m pretty disappointed so far. It seems like a flat character expounding on the virtues of Anarcho-syndicalism, but I just have a hard time believing it.

It honestly reminds me of Atlas Shrugged. It’s this ideal world where an idealist system works, and it’s hard to make it believable.

Maybe I’m just a hater. I guess I shouldn’t have an opinion until I finish it.

  • diegeticscream[all]🔻OP
    11•11 months ago

    I’m glad I’m not alone! I think it’s strange that she sets the capitalist society up as somehow sustainable and having learned from it’s mistakes.

    • relay
      6•11 months ago

      If they really learned, would they be capitalist? (somewhat undialectical)

      • diegeticscream[all]🔻OP
        8•11 months ago

        That’s what I’m thinking! In the book, the capitalist society has limited the use of cars because of pollution, and I just don’t see that being possible under capitalism.