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I'd like something more extended and literally episodic the way the word looks?

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[–] eightpix@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Take a serious look at the collapse of the Soviet Union, the gutting of the Commonwealth, and the rise of Russia under Yeltsin, then Putin. I'm not sure of any fictionalized works that examine this in any detail, but the aftermath and the new reality is well-described in Nothing is True and Everything is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev. Link is a 10 year old review in the Guardian.

The falls of other empires would also be instructive. There is an excellent podcast/YouTube channel, the Fall of Civilizations(YouTube Link)(Spotify Link). In listening, I found several parallels to the first Trump presidency. I haven't listened in years.

A paper-thin skinned hegemon leads a dying empire against his staunch allies. I fed this prompt to ChatGPT and it handed me back Dune by Frank Herbert and Foundation by Isaac Asimov.

[–] CaptainAmeristan@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is also Adam Curtis's series TraumaZone, showing tons of footage shot in the USSR during it's collapse.

TraumaZone

Episodes are around on YouTube.

[–] eightpix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Wow. Hadn't heard of this one. Power of Nightmares and the Century of Self are among my favourite docs.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 8 points 1 week ago

Babylon Berlin

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Any sci-fi by Ray Bradbury, Aldous Huxley Phillip K.Dick, some by Robert Heinlein iirc.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

There's also a couple by Cory Doctorow that fit to the tee.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago

Player Piano by Vonnegut

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

The Great Dictator

[–] AizawaC47@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The movie Her. It’s really close and accurate to ChatGPT, but worse.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

You wish, that thing actually worked. What we have is a bullshit generator with the confidence of a brother in law.

[–] yogurt@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

You can treat Costa Gavras movies like a series: Z, State of Siege, Missing

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