I still to this day don’t understand the point that book served. I don’t know if it was just a product of its time but I don’t think a bunch of children would behave like that in the event of being stranded

  • Zeppo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I sort of hated some books like that also. Anyway, I think it was more meant to be an allegory about society than a realistic tale of something that might actually happen.

      • Andjhostet@kbin.social
        41·
        1 year ago

        You have no idea what you’d do when you’re a day away from starvation for weeks at a time.

        Unless you’ve been there, in which case, ignore me.

      • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        I hope you never face those circumstances. However, you can’t say you won’t do something until choices could be a matter of life or death.

        There are a lot of discussions about society collapse in the not to distant future due to climate change effects on availability of water & food.

        I truly hope humanity can use enough new resources and much better management of the continued insane levels of damage to prevent the worst case scenarios.

      • Zeppo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        That’s the thing… it’s not really about society collapsing or being stranded on an island. It’s about human nature and how people set up societies.