>I view worldbuilding as fairly fascist tbqh. Refusing to allow spaces for the reader's imagination to flourish. Removing the part of the contract between writer and reader that is communal and shared. Grabbing them by the hand as you try and map out a land that does not exist.

This is brainrotted shithead opinion is the worst of the modern world. Using a political term for this deprives the meaning of the word. Also I read pricicley to get world building. I love hard scifi.