A dystopia is an imagined society or world in which people may experience suffering from oppression, violence, control, environmental degradation, and totalitarian rule. My definition is inspired by many of the stories and movies we watched during the semester. In the reading āFive Faces of Oppressionā by Iris Young, she Continue reading
After reading Foucault’s work, I began to think about what ways I have experienced control via the thought of being watched. I feel like as a society we use surveillance heavily as a sense of safety and control. For example, at my previous job on the first day, they showed Continue reading
When I was looking over the list of forms of government I saw some that I was unfamiliar with but I found that liberal democracy would create the least dystopian society. LiberalĀ Democracy can be defined as a representative government that uses liberal ideas to guide its structure. The people under Continue reading
Iāve honestly never considered what I would imagine my utopia to be. When I think of utopia I think of an ideal world where everyone is happy and healthy and there is little to no conflict. First, this utopia would need to be racism free and colorism free. I would Continue reading
My Definition : An imagined society where people are unable to practice free will and living conditions produce unhappiness. The definition I created for dystopia was to represent a society where humans are not free and where they feel their rights are taken away. I believe a real life dystopia Continue reading
