Wikipedia defines dystopia as "is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian, as characterized in books like Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Dystopian societies feature different kinds of repressive social control systems, various forms of active and passive coercion. Ideas and works about dystopian societies often explore the concept of humans abusing technology and humans individually and collectively coping, or not being able to properly cope with technology that has progressed far more rapidly than humanity has been able to evolve. Dystopian societies are often imagined as police states, with unlimited power over the citizens."
Shouldn't we be valuing ideas? an educated populace? Why aren't we using technology to better our lifestyle? to allow us to work less? Who are we competing against? Why are we competing? Don't we have enough resources, man-power and knowledge to live comfortably in the US? Why aren't we making decisions as a community instead of as greedy misers?
I would like to see the government make changes so that individuals are better able to receive small business loans to open mom and pop businesses. So we have neighborhoods filled with cafes, clothing stores, bookstores, music stores, art galleries, produce markets, butcher shops, fish markets, hardware stores, hand-made furniture shops, shoe stores, millinery shops, fabric stores, tailors, seamstresses, pet stores, horse stables, skateboard shops, board shapers, print makers, stationery stores. All those shops that used to exist made up a community and gave us variety. Now we have monotony and a bad economy in a sea of oppressive sameness. Why was more money given to the big corporations that were culpable in the raiding of our economy? Let them fold and give individuals the ability to contribute to the economic health and stability of our society. I don't want to be a cog in a wheel. Do you?
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