so, eventually (NOW) our silly lil school systems will need to be rebuilt. Remember the literature you read in english/your language classes? Let's vote on whether this is the best material for it's most common units, and then provide different books (and media, we have to teach the next generation how to comprehend video and games as well) that could be used.
The easiest "kick this book" example is 1984 by George Orwell. Was it a very good predictor of end stage capitalism? Yes. Was it the only one? No. Are there books that don't rely on rape culture that teach these same things? Yes.
So, either, we keep that book and add a unit where mysogyny and rape culture influenced the writing and can be identified in the protagonist, or we scrap it for two different units and different books/media that teach the same thing. I'd choose the latter as my highschool english teacher, despite being a man, failed to recognize the objectification of women in the book and told us we were immature for being uncomfortable. I think he should have asked "okay, tell me how the character is making you uncomfortable" and turned it into an actual chapter discussion, but- in it's current state, it doesn't seem 1984 is being taught effectively.
If you want a book that's also very on-the-nose about end stage capitalism, police states, big companies, etc. that also relies on real world allusions and can be used to teach how to identify somewhat weak story structures: Ready Player One. It's a guilty favorite of mine and my uneducated ass could do a unit on it if you punched me hard enough. I genuinely think paring it with the story of the "Long Live the Black Parade" stage show and discussions of the rich hypocrisy of the band MCR could really make those lessons tangible. I would call the entire unit: "Teaching the Apocalypse: when the Collapse of Capitalism creates a stereotype of dystopian fiction" or some shit like that. Also, we need a "rape culture in literature" course, point blank period.
First book on the Keep list is Fareigheight 451. Genuinely a great read, you need it's lessons both for RIGHT NOW IN HISTORY and also so you can just relax into a book that doesn't talk down to or insult its audience
