Why all the politics in The Light Side of the Moon? Because we can’t escape ourselves

The Light Side of the Moon deals with serious issues that the world must decide is right or wrong. Many of the events that happen in the novel actually occurred before when Europe sent prisoners to Australia and the Americas. One might think that these events still don’t occur, but sadly they do.

I feel as a species, we are on a precipice of change as our electronic creations become sentient. We can choose to evolve our morals with technology or not. I look at The Light Side of the Moon as a cautionary tale if humanity chooses not to evolve. If we continue to allow adolescent greed rule how we interact with people.

Some say the adult content in the book is the sex and vulgar language, but in my opinion, the true adult content is that the world in the novel allows children to starve, refuses to pay workers a living wage, and humans still have atrocities such as child betrothal and marriage, economic slavery, and an unjust correctional system. We can go to colonize the moon, we can go to other planets, but until we face the problems we have now, they will always be with us.

That being said, even in the darkest places, there is hope for humanity, because good people exist. In my opinion, that is the story I wrote in The Light Side of the Moon.