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My opinion is that a dystopia, written one way, can be an attack on the idea that there can ever be a better world, and so is a powerfully anti-hope sentiment. (Warhammer 40,000, for example.)

Written another way, I think a dystopia can be a powerfully pro-hope sentiment, by calling out the things that are wrong and showing us that they aren't immutable facts that will continue for eternity. I am not really that into FFVII but my understanding is that some of it falls into this category.