Angus MacSpon wrote on 3/2/2004, 12:57 AM:

 >
 > I'm don't think that SM4200 really applies to the OP's question, as it's
 > set after the fall of a definitely utopian Crystal Tokyo.  But there are
 > certainly hard questions to answer about the paradise that CT is made
 > out to be, as other writers have pointed out: does it represent absolute
 > perfection or absolute fascism?  A question I handled in SM4200 by simply
 > avoiding it altogether.  :)

    Although the vague background details *imply* a CT with, if nothing 
else, a not-very-tight grip on the world (ref the Kiwis' illegal 
military force).  So if it *is* fascist, it ain't absolute.  (:)
    Plus, the way the 4200 CT population swings into action to defend their 
city doesn't *feel* like a downtrodden, opressed populace, or one that 
has descended into lotus-eating mode and expects their Goddesses to save 
them.  Granted, I'm reading a lot into a little, but they don't seem to 
act like characters from "Brave New World" or "1984."





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