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Author: Vincent Nguyen

My new definition of dystopia

  By Vincent Nguyen April 21, 2022 - 02:04 April 22, 2022 Definition

A dystopia to me now is a state of oppression that is caused by many factors that limits one’s own freedom and most importantly happiness. In the first week, my definition was a world where everyone is constantly under extreme pressure from their leaders who uses their authority to control Continue reading

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State Of US privacy

  By Vincent Nguyen March 16, 2022 - 01:24 April 22, 2022 Class Notes

fter watching the interview with Edward Snowden, write a blog post in which you critique Snowden’s claims about the state of privacy in the United States today. Be specific in your analysis and support your claims. Edward Snowden shares a very interesting detail on the state of privacy in the Continue reading

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Higher Education is not a dystopia

  By Vincent Nguyen February 26, 2022 - 02:51 March 18, 2022 Class Notes, Film Critiques

The reason why I believe that higher education is not a dystopia is simple. You can do whatever you want and still be successful without a college or graduate degree. I could say for example the story of Bill Gates who created Microsoft. He was a college dropout and worked Continue reading

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Communism would least likely have a dystopia

  By Vincent Nguyen February 18, 2022 - 00:00 February 18, 2022 General, Postread

I believe that communism would have the least dystopia compared to capitalism. You may find it hard to believe what I say is true but try to forget about all the negative things you heard about communism. Try to look from their point of view. In communism, the standard of Continue reading

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Group Podcast expectations

  By Vincent Nguyen February 4, 2022 - 02:28 February 8, 2022 Production Notes

My ability to work with comfort in a group depends on how I know my members. I usually know my members in real life because we have shared a common course together before, but since COVID it has become easier for me to work with other people because we are Continue reading

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Sigmund Freud was right about civilization

  By Vincent Nguyen January 29, 2022 - 01:13 January 31, 2022 General, Postread

After reading Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud, you will start to see how civilization starts to limit human nature. Before civilization came about, primitive man was free with no restriction on his instincts. When civilization came about, this was started to repress human nature in exchange for a Continue reading

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Asian Hate Crime is an oppression

  By Vincent Nguyen January 20, 2022 - 16:27 February 4, 2022 General, Postread

While reading “The Five Faces of Oppression,” oppression is described to be a structural phenomenon that impacts a group. Today, the concept of a social group still exists in the United States. But what is a social group? A social group is a “collective of person differentiation from at least Continue reading

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Could dystopia be a state of mind?

  By Vincent Nguyen January 15, 2022 - 00:20 February 4, 2022 Definition, General

A dystopia is a world where everyone is constantly under extreme pressure from their leaders who uses their authority to control every action of their citizens. In that world, I believe that a dystopian society is where the citizen are robbed of their free will and are forced to live Continue reading

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