If the frozen aspects are confined to a decision making elite, but most citizens are allowed to drift freely, the involved societies would soon find themselves in a situation where their governance structures and leaders are archaic, or so far removed from their current values that it’s dystopian.
Loads of implicit assumptions in that. Also a sense in which you are attempting to lock in a tiny sliver of your own values. Namely you think a world where the decision makers and citizens have very different values is dystopian.
Loads of implicit assumptions in that. Also a sense in which you are attempting to lock in a tiny sliver of your own values. Namely you think a world where the decision makers and citizens have very different values is dystopian.