In a dystopian society, truth about government actions is generally kept from the citizens. Information that is free to the public in a utopia is not free to those living under a dystopian government. Keeping secrets from the general public for their “benefit” isn’t the correct way to conduct the public’s business. If today’s government keeps enough secrets from the citizens, it can eventually lead to a dystopian society.
There have been many cases where the US government has abused its power of secret keeping. The Bush administration has been one of the most secretive administration that the US has had. The administration has led a campaign of reclassification and increased secrecy by federal agencies. There is a point when the government …show more content…
Society today is built on trust. Most people trust that others are doing the right thing like themselves. The trust people have comes from truth. When people keep secrets, it is hard for people to trust them. As a society, we have dependency towards other, and that comes from trust. If there was no worth to truth, our society wouldn’t be able to function properly. Truth and honesty are the basic fabric of human society. All our historic and contemporary experience is based on identifying the best possible understanding of truth and building upon this to create a better understanding of our world and our universe. Without truth relationships wouldn’t be able to form. It would be very difficult to have a healthy relationship with anyone if it wasn’t based on the truth. The result of relationships without truth is mistrust, shattered relationships, and constant suspicion. A relationship, or society, cannot function properly when it has these problems. Essentially, having truth worth something is keeping today’s society from turning dystopian. Censorship of information suppresses the knowledge of citizens, creating a dystopia. Ignorance is a cause of a dystopian
There have been many cases where the US government has abused its power of secret keeping. The Bush administration has been one of the most secretive administration that the US has had. The administration has led a campaign of reclassification and increased secrecy by federal agencies. There is a point when the government …show more content…
Society today is built on trust. Most people trust that others are doing the right thing like themselves. The trust people have comes from truth. When people keep secrets, it is hard for people to trust them. As a society, we have dependency towards other, and that comes from trust. If there was no worth to truth, our society wouldn’t be able to function properly. Truth and honesty are the basic fabric of human society. All our historic and contemporary experience is based on identifying the best possible understanding of truth and building upon this to create a better understanding of our world and our universe. Without truth relationships wouldn’t be able to form. It would be very difficult to have a healthy relationship with anyone if it wasn’t based on the truth. The result of relationships without truth is mistrust, shattered relationships, and constant suspicion. A relationship, or society, cannot function properly when it has these problems. Essentially, having truth worth something is keeping today’s society from turning dystopian. Censorship of information suppresses the knowledge of citizens, creating a dystopia. Ignorance is a cause of a dystopian