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by Ygg2 1119 days ago
> and we're told it's somehow a dystopia

They also have an eugenics based caste society.

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“oh no, people couldn't chose what caste they were born into, this book is an imagined dystopian fiction”

despite everyone being content with their caste and having lots of consequence free sex and activities fulfilling to their mental faculties

yeah I also found this world to be attractive

which, oddly enough, looks amazingly like our caste society, turned to 11?
What do you mean? India? Most people here are US based.
The US has its Alphas and Betas and Gammas and Deltas, all of whom are targeted by advertising that convinces them that their caste is the best (and the other castes are living incorrectly). It's probably not as bad as the old UK system the book was satirising, but exists clearly enough once you look for it.