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I always liked these dystopic fictions. I saw them as a warning

Now I fear that they've rather functioned as numbing and hopewashing

Eh, it's just fiction!
Eh, sure it would be bad, but it wouldn't be that bad – the people would rise up! I would be in a scrappy gang of rebels using cool, high tech equipment to take down the man! And finally my life would have action and purpose!

No you wouldn't! You'd live in fear. A few people would try to resist, and they'd get found and beaten immediately