A dystopia is a society in which its inhabitants live under highly oppressive regimes that result in a constant or near constant state of paranoia and fear for them. In order to define oppression in this situation, I’ll use Iris Young’s “Five Faces of Oppression” as characteristics. She identifies these Continue reading
I am not the best at working in a group. I’m an introvert and very antisocial so communicating and working with people I don’t know is a stressful and unenjoyable experience. Especially in this asynchronous setting, not being able to see and talk to the people in my class that Continue reading
Yes, yes he is. The pandemic has allowed breaches of privacy to be more common and, as a result, has been normalized. Even if these companies have been acquiring and using this information in the past, before all this happened, if it had been disclosed to the public, there would Continue reading
Yes, American higher education is dystopian-like. If we use 1984’s societal structure as an example, the separation between the proles and the outer party members is similar to the distinction between college graduates and high school graduates / drop outs. There is a higher authority (employers / inner party members) Continue reading
I believe a society using the main pillars of communism as a foundation alongside a government expressing and striving toward democratic socialist ideals would be the least dystopian. I support the communist goals of elimination of “socioeconomic class struggles” and equitable distribution of labor benefits where “state controls all property Continue reading
I am not a fan of working in groups. I don’t like having to coordinate with others; I’d rather just do it myself. I think the main reason for this is because I don’t like relying on others, especially when it results in a grade. At least when it’s solo Continue reading
I both agree and disagree with Freud in that any form of government is repressive of human nature. On one hand, I agree with his belief that humans are inherently sexual and aggressive. On the other hand, I don’t agree that the government is the one responsible for the suppression Continue reading
Dystopia: a real or imagined world where inhumane and fearful lives are heavily normalized and even encouraged. In books like the Hunger Games or the Maze Runner or Attack on Titan, the antagonist always ends up being the ruling class or the government that has forced these lives on their Continue reading
