ursula k le guin: does a utopia with something rotten and evil at the center that spoils the whole thing seem more plausible to you and feel more real in your gut than the same utopia without that?
everyone: my ideology is good because I want to save the kid. I passed the test. I am a better person than other people. they are going to give me a medal.
ursula k le guin: here’s a fucked up little non-story about how people find it easier to suspend our sense of disbelief to accept the premise of a city powered magically by the misery of a forsaken child than it is to accept the premise of a society where exploitation isn’t necessary or inevitable
everyone: how dare this bitch challenge my moral compass




















