xhonzi said:
I think most, if not all, SciFi is allegory. At least the good stuff is. But it is subtle. Once you get up on the soapbox and start pointing fingers, it loses its effect.
Yes. And also, some people are under the mistaken impression that the allegory part is what gives a work its value. Science fiction is supposed to be art. Art is about our deeper selves, thus emotion and imagination and the unconscious mind. Political discussion is not the purpose of art nor is it what makes art worthwhile.