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    6 days ago

    Lots of real world examples of course, but sci-fi has covered how lack of access to writing, reading or knowledge is an essential ingredient in dystopian control societies. Bit of brave new world, 1984, and some animal farm thrown in.

    The 2010 play Futura by Jordan Harrison is highly recommended though don’t think it’s been produced anywhere in a while.