Hardly. We do not see enough of their rule to know how it works in practice. What we do see, however, is significantly anti-authoritarian....
Indeed. In fact, if you look deeper, Lord of the Rings is highly conservative, but also highly anti-authoritarian work. Sauron is bad not only...
Star Trek begs to disagree. It is chock-full of magic. Star Wars has magic as well (Force!), Warhammer 40 000 runs on magic yet is considered...
What would "new stuff" be though, and what would be considered "unsafe"? That too is individual. For a conservative, progressive ideas are "new...
Your perspective may be different, but I have always found Star Trek to have been unrealistically optimistic... especially The Next Generation...
To add to this, Constantinople specifically had Greek quarters, Venetian quarters, Turkish quarters and so on... basically each ethnicity in the...
What is interesting to discuss is current tendency towards "grimdark" in fantasy. George Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire is hailed as "realistic...
Which books / series are you planning to read in the near future? My list is: Videssos cycle Cato series Codex Alera series Stormlight Archive...
Lord of the Rings essentially codified High Fantasy, and High Fantasy is the most visible - and common - form of fantasy today. And many other...
Not just religion. That sort of behaviour is normal for any political ideology, especially those who preach things such as universal love, human...
Actually, it generally is a norm on ethnic/group scale. What is a (historical) outlier is ethnic groups having each their own state. But...
I would (somewhat) disagree with that. We are shaped by our experiences and beliefs even if we are not ourselves aware of them. Tolkien himself...
They used beacons on strategic basis. Not sure whether they used semaphore for tactical commands in battle. Vegetius also apparently described a...
Sci-fi also has safe air of escapism, it is just pandering to a different crowd. Just look at Star Trek. One question is that of timeframe. Most...
