Is there a such thing as too far gone?
Octavia Butler, moral absolutism, Carlee Russell, the Unknowable
On the Left, we’ve named the late writer Octavia Butler a prophet, primarily because of the Parable series - set in a sort of sociopolitical purgatory whereby the totalitarian government’s only mandate is to keep the masses stuck in a cycle of desperation in order to minimize any claims on the resources they’ve consolidated and are hoarding for the elit…
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