One of the odd things about science fiction, given how far from real it is, is how literally some people take it
This is new. Elizabethan audiences watching Shakespeare’s King Lear, or Greek audiences watching Oedipus Rex
would all have understood these were not literally stories about specific historical kings
but symbolic stories about themes of kingship, power, ego etc.
But today a substantial part of the audience for highly symbolic stories like Andor interpret these stories completely literally.
Andor is not literally a Marxist story. Karl Marx does not feature. Nor do Lenin, Stalin or Trotsky.
But Andor is symbolically a Marxist story. Cassian Andor’s journey is based on the life of Joseph Stalin. Nemik’s manifesto is cribbed from Trotsky. The version of the rebellion we see in Andor is explicitly Leninist.
I analyse the full Marxist symbolism of Andor on the Science Fiction channel.
PS – I’ve given it a lot of thought and while I don’t have a complete explanantion, I think the reason why people are so literally minded about stories today is…CAPITALISM (i do see the irony)
The more capitalism turns storytelling from an art into a commodity, the more people are conditioned to take all atories 100% literally
Damien Walter 
I’ll comment with a poem I wrote recently:
White Rose
In the neon-lit sprawl of tomorrow, I’ll hoist
the white rose
of synthetic essence—its fragrant code will weave
through the data stream, perfuming
the holonight’s
Pro-Rata enthymeme
with sweet binary echoes of virtual “Qui Vive.”
The literal has become the counterfeit—the unreal, the illiterate way of understanding what’s immediately in front of you. The rational mind grasps at straws, categorizing and referencing, only to find these constructs falsifiable and ultimately disqualified. I agree with you on all points. Capitalism isn’t really an option; it’s just there until it isn’t. You and I won’t be around to witness its end, but I’m certain it will happen. Ian M. Banks knew this, as did Herbert and Dick. Those who “live” the mythos, rather than create it, know this too.
Damien, you’re doing fantastic work. I’ve listened to many of your essays, and I must say, you truly know your science fiction—or rather, your mythos.
Sincerly, Jack
https://johndouglasandersson.com
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