Instead of a re-run of horror utopias, we have actual open horror dystopias now. Yay!
The hunger games are a dystopia, even if the upper classes live a sweet life. You're just lucky enough to live in the Capitol of global capitalism.
"You're just lucky enough to live in the Capitol of global capitalism."
This is by far the most fancy description of Ostrava that I have read.
> This is by far the most fancy description of Ostrava that I have read.
Well, ask people in Kabul how they feel about Ostrava compared to where they live.
Maybe the whole region would have been better off if it stayed Buddhist.
"Well, ask people in Kabul how they feel about Ostrava compared to where they live."
If "being visibly more developed than Kabul" is the same as "Capitol of global capitalism", then global capitalism did a good job lifting people out of poverty. Because at least a few billion people live in a way that, from Kabul, will look attractive. Even most of India is now developed well beyond Kabul standards.