Apologies for misinterpreting you. I’ve seen many extremists go way too far on FR, and many so-called non-extremists going after sensible people who stay within the lines of reasonableness, though often touching the line with a toe. I let everyone live their own lives and beliefs as they rarely form so large a group as to endanger any major issue of importance. And as long as cults keep their fingers off my nearest and dearest, I’m perfectly happy for them to play Darwinian games of heading off together to strange planets and after-life experiences.
I love to look at the world thru happiness-tinted glasses. So I never read the dystopian sci-fi but stuck with the adventure and romance variants during my long sci-fi period. But, actually, real science was MUCH more fun.
Computer - Breaking the Utah Teapot - 1989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NQuHpUyZbI
I've always read a LOT! And I have varied tastes so yes, when it comes to Sci-Fi and fantasy books, I've read quite a few dystopian ones.
An exceptionally great book is: TIME AND AGAIN, by Jack Finney. It does have time travel in it; however, every single building, artifact, area, and many people, in that book is historically factual. It's much easier to get things right, when one goes back in time, in a book, which is what takes place. :-)
If you haven't read that book, or anything else by Finney ( except for his long await and dreadful sequel to TIME AND AGAIN ) you should.