Margaret Atwood uses the term "speculative fiction", I think partly to get at the difference you are describing. But also partly because she doesn't think it needs to be "science-y".
sailingbythelee
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Very few white men are rich. Yes, the composition of the 1% and CEO class is dominated by white men, but that doesn't say much about the average person. The real divide is between rich and poor, not white men vs everyone else. You've been taken in by the racist woke propaganda and lost a key ally as a result.
Edit: And yeah, creeper, I do not believe that there is a genocide in Gaza right now. There is intense debate in the International community right now about the use of the term genocide.
True, but we aren't talking about whether jury nullification should exist. It already does exist and has for a 1000 years. The question is just when to use it. Like any right or privilege, it can be used unjustly. It is up to citizens to make sure it is used for good.
Jury nullification exists precisely because there is often a gap between legality and justice. It's a way for the commoners to ensure justice when the nobility (CEOs and rich politicians, nowadays) make the laws in ways that exploit the commoners. It's not so much about law vs. feelings as much as it is about offsetting the power of the powerful.
I don't think you know what the word "literal" means. But anyway, we disagree about how to categorize what is happening in Israel, and possibly what the solution might be, but I don't think you are a bad person because of it. I don't even know you. But I hope you have a good day.
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Replay of Mass Effect. I had to cheat, though, because I forgot that the Mako is mandatory to finish the Ilos level. I had to use a cheat code to spawn it just before the end. So many people have made this mistake and you can't go back for the Mako if you left it behind, so you are soft-locked out of the ending if you don't re-spawn it. You'd think they'd have fixed that in the Legendary Edition, but no.