Utopia? by Wendy Robinson
Contributed by CSA Accredited Supervisor Wendy Robinson
I think I've always been fascinated by dystopian scenarios.....
Half terrified! But curious.
Maybe part of it is wanting to be prepared.
I read The Handmaid's Tale in the 90s. And watched Series 1 of the televised dramatisation.
Then I devoured Lionel Shriver's novel The Mandibles when it came out in 2016. This is a story, set in 2029, when America's soaring national debt has grown so enormous that it can never be repaid and the dollar is in meltdown. The repercussions flow - a breakdown of law and order, water shortages, no health services, little food, gang violence on the streets, no jobs to go to, no money (all savings and investments gone) and nothing to spend money on anyway.
As The Observer noted in a review of the book:
‘All too chillingly plausible…profoundly frightening.'
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It's well worth the few minutes out of your day to sit back and take the journey with Wendy from dystian novels to...
"Utopia is closer than we think. It is being envisioned, imagined in smart peoples' minds all over the world."
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