I posted this video because it is my favorite utopia purely for its aesthetics. This is from the game Bioshock Infinite. The utopia is called ‘Columbia’ and is made by the Lutece twins through floating particle nonsense. The utopia is basically not really a utopia as it is discovered early on in the game that the prophet, whose name is Comstock, brought a bunch of rich paying racist white folks up into the sky after the Civil War ended to continue living their lives as if the Emancipation Proclamation never happened. Yes, they meet their demise and no that isn’t a spoiler. The scene just shows a particularly beautiful and thematic representation of a ‘utopia’ when it is first discovered, and gives me slight Herland vibes. I thought it was particularly interesting that during descent, the 'proverbs' of the utopia are presented to the new citizen of Columbia, and almost inducts them into their state of mind. The video actually begins at the 1 minute mark.
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