The Definition of Dystopia

Dystopia – a world where both oppression and chaos come about as a result of restricting people’s freedoms and actions and manipulating the people to conform to certain norms established by the ruling party through its use of fear. In the beginning of the semester, I defined dystopia as ā€œan Continue reading

Power in the Money

Being based in the United States of America, The Purge is a movie that describes how the legalization of crime and violence in America is used to lower the crime-rates, unemployment rate, and social unrest by giving the citizens a day to release all their built up anger and aggression Continue reading

Governments Being Both Repressors and Restorers

In reading Freud’s ā€œCivilization and Its Discontents,ā€ one can see how establishing a civilization can repress human nature and individuality and become more focused on the group as a whole. Although governments are established to protect people’s rights and keep citizens safe, governments can make laws that limit people’s freedoms, Continue reading