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Raze_Razel posted...

Well, the deeper meaning with Soylent Green is that with over-population, food resources will dwindle to the point real food wouldn't be real anymore, that we have to rely on processed chemicals to stay alive, and they'd probably have to disguise it with clever marketing like "Plant Based Meats"

That's not really the deeper meaning. That's the very surface meaning people tend to read into it because it's the simplest theme to parse out.

The main theme is addressing deeper implications of the dehumanization of people by society, the destruction of the environment and squandering of resources, and the social impact of overpopulation. The "hey, guess what Soylent Green is made of?" part is almost an afterthought. It's basically only the MacGuffin that propels the story (by establishing a secret that people are willing to kill to preserve). As much as people focus on the ending, it's most of the stuff leading UP to it that you're more supposed to be paying attention to.

The book is mostly just about overpopulation and global resource inequality, and doesn't really even mention Soylent at all.
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