Differences Between The Justice Systems of The Minority Report and Present-Day Raises Questions on Safety
“Everybody runs”, whether we know if we need to or not, the action seems to be inevitable. Whether you’re confounded in a civilization with an enormity of misconduct, or a machine operated society with no crime and clean streets, when the situation arises you run. Now, imagine having your chance to run taken away and replaced with a swarm of officers breaking in to arrest you, before you even have the chance to think of what you could have possibly done to end up here. The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick exemplifies a society where criminals experience just that, overwhelming disorientation. With these sacrifices, The Minority Report …show more content…
To further, in The Minority Report society is run by machines and relies almost completely on technology, whereas in our society we are codependent on technology and still need humankind to properly function. In both cases, there is a lack of trust in citizens, resulting in security cameras, spying, and fingerprint scans, or eye scanners and Pre-Crime. Although our two justice structures share distrust in civilians, we still contradict on where trust is placed, whether it is in the hard drives of computers or in the hands of police officers. In 2054, D.C depends on pre-cogs and technology to transfer the information to the system, therefore trusting the machines. This is justified in the film, as it also highlighted human error by revealing that the missing piece of evidence was erased as an echo by a human. In current times, our faith in placed with the police to keep our cities safe, but now more than ever, some are beginning to doubt the practices of the police and see the jeopardization of their own …show more content…
Moreover, the general underlying theme of The Minority Report is sacrifice, and what must be given up in order for the greater good. Afterall, the pre-cogs are nonetheless human, and yet their gifts were still exploited for the overall safety of Washington D.C.. However, this leads us back to the question of at what point does the sacrifice become too great to justify? What would you give up for a justice system without police brutality, discrimination, and privilege? On one hand you can run from the dangers on the street to the safety of a three digit phone call, and on the other you can run from the blaring sirens and hide in the shelter of the dark streets, where no one can see you. And so, now the question is not of whether or not you’ll be running, it’s of who you’ll be running
“Everybody runs”, whether we know if we need to or not, the action seems to be inevitable. Whether you’re confounded in a civilization with an enormity of misconduct, or a machine operated society with no crime and clean streets, when the situation arises you run. Now, imagine having your chance to run taken away and replaced with a swarm of officers breaking in to arrest you, before you even have the chance to think of what you could have possibly done to end up here. The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick exemplifies a society where criminals experience just that, overwhelming disorientation. With these sacrifices, The Minority Report …show more content…
To further, in The Minority Report society is run by machines and relies almost completely on technology, whereas in our society we are codependent on technology and still need humankind to properly function. In both cases, there is a lack of trust in citizens, resulting in security cameras, spying, and fingerprint scans, or eye scanners and Pre-Crime. Although our two justice structures share distrust in civilians, we still contradict on where trust is placed, whether it is in the hard drives of computers or in the hands of police officers. In 2054, D.C depends on pre-cogs and technology to transfer the information to the system, therefore trusting the machines. This is justified in the film, as it also highlighted human error by revealing that the missing piece of evidence was erased as an echo by a human. In current times, our faith in placed with the police to keep our cities safe, but now more than ever, some are beginning to doubt the practices of the police and see the jeopardization of their own …show more content…
Moreover, the general underlying theme of The Minority Report is sacrifice, and what must be given up in order for the greater good. Afterall, the pre-cogs are nonetheless human, and yet their gifts were still exploited for the overall safety of Washington D.C.. However, this leads us back to the question of at what point does the sacrifice become too great to justify? What would you give up for a justice system without police brutality, discrimination, and privilege? On one hand you can run from the dangers on the street to the safety of a three digit phone call, and on the other you can run from the blaring sirens and hide in the shelter of the dark streets, where no one can see you. And so, now the question is not of whether or not you’ll be running, it’s of who you’ll be running