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Originally Posted by zRichard
Why is there people complaining about generic characters?
That stock critique doesn't really work for this particular show.
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Yeah. It is clearly intentional that all the characters don't have real names. They are not "individuals". They are concepts, populations, social views, and social groups. Each person are not a special snowflake, but are instead meant to represent large numbers of their type in society.
This is about macroeconomics and social engineering; how to generate long term happiness for the whole population with the least amount of pain.
It's the difference between giving food to one hungry person, and trying to make sure an entire nation has enough food to feed its people.