A dystopia can be described as a perfectly imagined world where people are forced to live in a setting that may be deemed oppressive or exploitative. It can also be described as a situation which is practically “survival of the fittest”. According to Iris Young’s Five Faces of Oppression, people Continue reading
I don’t think that it is logical to say that religion in itself is the primary component for fighting against oppression. I think the major element is believing it is possible to conquer whatever it is that is oppressive and working with other likeminded people to do so. Religion in Continue reading
Edward Snowden claims that people in the United States ultimately have no privacy. Practically everyone in America has a cellular device and it is synonymous to a personal tracking device for anyone who is interested in tracking a person. Snowden explained that major companies such as Apple, Facebook and Google Continue reading
The film entitled The Purge can easily be declared a dystopian film. The main idea of the movie is that crime is legalized for a total of twelve hours, one day, each year. This event takes place in an effort to minimize the amount of crime that takes place regularly. Continue reading
I think the American higher education system is a dystopia. As I’ve mentioned in a previous blog post, dystopias are simply organized chaos and what better example is there than college. Students are faced with debt, substandard living conditions, all while having to face their own personal problems and still Continue reading
Ur-Fascism is a political movement can be described as a coagulate of several different components which contradict each other. A few of the components of this movement which I found most interesting are traditionalism (rejecting modernism), irrationalism, lack of social identity, and the general idea that everyone who follows the Continue reading
Before college, I used to dread working with groups mainly because I don’t consider myself to be the most social person and I truly prefer for my work to be my own. I like the way I do things and I don’t like to take shortcuts when turning in assignments Continue reading
A dystopia can be described as an existent or fictitious world in which the people are surviving within a means of organized chaos. Often times a dystopian world is connected to the word imperfect, but I often ask, “in what regard?” The word “perfect” can be described as something being Continue reading
