Write Reads Podcast discussion

There's some word play in the title of this discussion. It makes me happy :)
Dystopian novels are, of course, novels in which a utopia is set up, a supposed paradise, only for us to find out that paradise is not what we thought it would be. Having too much of a good thing, and what effect that has on human beings, is often the topic of dystopian novels.
However, I would like to start a discussion on Dystopian novels themselves. Because of the Hunger Games, and our current global situation, they are all the rage at the moment. Have Sci-Fi and SpecFic gone overboard with the dystopia? And following that, do those subgenres, inherent in their description of presenting us with what is possible both now and in the future, have a responsibility to show us both the dangers and the hopefulness the future might present?