Is anybody alive in here?

It’s far easier to end things than to figure out things past the end.

Upshot: I’m having difficulty with the dystopias.

I did manage to put together a chart, but it’s pretty spongy. I’d put in ‘violent’ here or ‘charismatic’ there, then take it out, move it around.

I don’t have it—I’m missing something; no flow, here.

So let’s just call this Dystopia-Beta

• I. Cause
  • A. Collapse
    • i. catastrophic (SEE Apocalypse)
    • ii. gradual breakdown
  • B. Evolution
    • i. of species
      • a. human
      • b. non-human
    • ii. of society
• II. Type
  • A. Chaotic
    • i. non-violent
      • a. few people
      • b. hostile environment
    • ii. episodically violent
      • a. individual predation
      • b. criminal gangs
      • c. militias
    • iii. war
      • a. criminal gangs
      • b. militias
      • c. organized armies
  • B. Corporate
    • i. workers controlled
    • ii. consumers controlled
  • C. Party government
    • i. everything-is-good
      • a. dissenters marginalized
      • b. dissenters jailed/killed
      • c. dissenters re-educated
    • ii. everything-is-grim
      • a. populace atomized
      • b. populace enslaved
      • c. ongoing genocide
    • iii. behind-the-scenes
      • a. omnipresent/tracks behavior
      • b. omniscient/tracks affect & intellect
  • D. Military government
    • i. military in sync with society
    • ii. military opposed to society
    • iii. entire society militarized
  • E. Theocracy
    • i. elite/exclusive
      • a. exploits populace
      • b. suppresses populace
      • c. forcibly converts populace
    • ii. populist/inclusive
      • a. cultic/centered on charismatic leader
      • b. pietistic/communitarian
      • c. dogmatic/authoritarian
  • III. Stage
    • A. Immediate post-
      • i. no control
      • ii. begin control
    • B. Semi-stable
      • i. partial control [against chaos]
      • ii. organized fight for control
    • C. Stable
      • i. evolving
      • ii. eternal

(I have to say, this was a total pain in the ass to put together—all those damned ‘li’ and ‘backslash ul’—but I did it. Still, I am lazy enough that if flow charts require anything near the persnickety-ness of a nested chart, fuggedaboudit. )

Not so great, I know, but it’s a start.

Suggestions welcome.

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