Do we live in a utopic or dystopic 21st century? It can go either way when you look at the characteristics of both. Dystopias control peoples thinking. Our government and media do that with propaganda. A utopia has access to education and healthcare which we have both. The argument goes back and forth never resting on one side. When you compare the 21st century to some of the dystopias that are written it would make it seem that is a utopia especially when compared to Harrison Bergeron. But it also goes the other way, when compared to “Herland” its slacking as a utopia. 21st century American can be seen as a dystopia society for many reasons. Most reason depend how your point of view. The government controls most things but they give you
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In Hitler’s eyes he was making a utopian by eliminating the Jews. Hitler wanted to create the perfect race. One that did not include Jews; he killed the Jews so there would not be more Jews. If Hitler found Jewish blood in someone’s ancestry then they also were killed. Hitler killed millions trying to create this utopian society. Utopias need to have social order in order to maintain the utopic setting, which requires a greater power to maintain that order. That’s what Hitler viewed himself as. He made all the Jews equal by stripping them of their possessions and treating them all the same. In a way, just like the government in the short story Harrison Bergeron. Harrison was restricted on everything, because of this when he finally broke free he was viewed almost as a super human: a godlike person. Then the government killed him because they cannot have someone going against them. Which is another dystopian attribute of the 21st century. Conspiracies exist for a reason. They explain how things happen to the people who go against the government. Another historic example of this would be the John F. Kennedy assassination. Many people believe that the government was actually behind it. JFK was going against the government and they did not like that. The government controls everything and has a way of making problems
In Hitler’s eyes he was making a utopian by eliminating the Jews. Hitler wanted to create the perfect race. One that did not include Jews; he killed the Jews so there would not be more Jews. If Hitler found Jewish blood in someone’s ancestry then they also were killed. Hitler killed millions trying to create this utopian society. Utopias need to have social order in order to maintain the utopic setting, which requires a greater power to maintain that order. That’s what Hitler viewed himself as. He made all the Jews equal by stripping them of their possessions and treating them all the same. In a way, just like the government in the short story Harrison Bergeron. Harrison was restricted on everything, because of this when he finally broke free he was viewed almost as a super human: a godlike person. Then the government killed him because they cannot have someone going against them. Which is another dystopian attribute of the 21st century. Conspiracies exist for a reason. They explain how things happen to the people who go against the government. Another historic example of this would be the John F. Kennedy assassination. Many people believe that the government was actually behind it. JFK was going against the government and they did not like that. The government controls everything and has a way of making problems