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10 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 28 December 2011 09:42AM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 28 December 2011 10:00:46AM 11 points [-]

Yes, but the story is the outside threat, not the real utopia. It's still implying that your utopia isn't interesting enough to write about on its own.

Comment author: dlthomas 28 December 2011 05:43:46PM *  0 points [-]

And with it easier to write stories about bad things than good, that's a mark in its favor, though not evidence of practicality.