Why Is There So Much Dystopian and Apocalyptic Fiction?

Perhaps I should begin by defining Dystopian and Apocalyptic (though, I imagine omnivorous bookworms are quite familiar with these “genres”…).

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Spotted outside @Waterstones in Bloomsbury, London ~ from @For_the_Wynn ~ https://twitter.com/For_the_Wynn/status/747829187772297216/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

I’ll start withDystopian (in theOxford Dictionary of English):

“…relating to or denoting an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad , typically a totalitarian or enviro...