The show also makes the important and now no longer understood point that Sci-fi and Science Fiction are not the same things.
Sci-fi is about plot and, lately, special effects. There is ‘science’, but usually there is no rational basis for it (take that out, and there is nothing left). It is also about denigration the entire genre: Star Trek, Star Wars, any horror movie set in the future, etc
Science Fiction is about the human condition with real or possible science involved. Real Science Fiction approaches or is literature, something the poorly educated avoid as boring, contrary to their world view, or beliefs: 2001, Babylon 5, Lord of the Rings (books, but not movies) and anything written by Gene Wolf.
I never made any distinctions between ‘sci-fi’ and science fiction myself. When I hear either I actually think of ‘books’ first. ‘Speculative fiction’ is probably a more suitable broader term, but it’s never rolled of the tongue for me.
Here’s something I found a while ago, a list from a 1968 Galaxy mag of sci-fi authors for and against the Vietnam war. You might have to zoom to read it properly. I would take the pro authors over the antis on this one as far as which side I would want to read, if I had to choose. Asimov opposed involvement, Vance was pro involvement.
http://www.natsmusic.net/articles_galaxy_magazine_viet_nam_war.htm
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