The Giver is also based on this premise and came out after Le Guin's version.
Didn't realize it was a common trope.
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The Giver is also based on this premise and came out after Le Guin's version.
Didn't realize it was a common trope.
Always felt like the giver had this very anti-communist bent. Like "hey look what you'd give up in this egalitarian society! All those gritty aspects of life is what makes it worth living!". Maybe I'm just wrong
Yeah it was definitely anti-communitarian and pro-individualism.