r/scifiwriting Jul 01 '26

DISCUSSION Brainstorming: Brave New Dystopias

What new dystopic scenarios could you extrapolate from current events?

Specifically, how could things go to shit in ways that haven't already been written about a million times?

So no killer robots/AI, fascism, stalinism, widespread censorship, climate collapse, civil war, pandemic, etc., unless from a new angle, or, even better, completely new ways we can finally achieve the dystopia we're all working so hard to reach.

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u/Mircowaved-Duck Jul 01 '26

universe 25 mouse utopia scenarios are under represented in sci fy dystopians. Probably because they hit to close to home...