• grue@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Wow, that’s super-topical in more ways than I had expected. The more I read, the more scarily insightful it gets.

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    • The main character being a refugee, with almost all that entails (can’t blame Doctorow for not anticipating it getting this bad)
    • The dystopian collusion between the appliance-rentiers and the landlord, as well as the climax hinging on lack of tenant protections
    • The way capitalism attempts to subsume all critique.

    This is a story that’s important, that everybody needs to read.