An adequate life provided for all living beings is something the planet can still do; it has sufficientresources, and the sun provides enough energy
I hope that one day, this world will get to a place where we don't have to pay for everything little thing. When you think about it, it is more than enough food and resources no one should be homeless or hungry
Obviously there are complications, but these are just complications.They are not physical limitations we can’t overcome. So, granting the complications and difficulties,the task at hand is to imagine ways forward to that better place
strongly agree
Here no doubt one has to avoidBerlant’s “cruel optimism,” which is perhaps thinking and saying that things will get better withoutdoing the work of imagining how.
You should put the worth in to make a change, but most likely one person or a few would not be capable of making a whole change for the world without having support
For every concept there is both a not-concept and an anti-concept. So utopia is the idea that thepolitical order could be run better. Dystopia is the not, being the idea that the political order couldget worse. Anti-utopias are the anti, saying that the idea of utopia itself is wrong and bad, and thatany attempt to try to make things better is sure to wind up making things worse, creating anintended or unintended totalitarian state, or some other such political disaster.
Interesting new term "anti-utopias"
A realistic portrayal of a future that might really happen isn’t really part of the project
I dont think I quite agree with this
satirist,
Satirist: a writer or user of satire
Both of them express feelings about our shared future; utopiasexpress our social hopes, dystopias our social fears. There are a lot of dystopias around these days,and this makes sense, because we have a lot of fears about the future
Definitely agree! It is sad that the world has been in such chaos lately that dystopias is extremely more common than utopias
he practice of placing individuals under “observation” is a natural extension of a justice imbued with disciplinary methods and examination procedures
I think this is completely the wrong take on prison improvement. Prison should instead be for "rehabilitation" and a way for inmates to turn their life around. It should not be a place where people are able to abuse their power, and treat humans inhumane. This plays a huge reason why inmates come out and may do crime again, because they did not receive any rehabilitation. Although I dont agree with going against the laws, people are often put in certain circumstances where they felt it was either commit a crime or go hungry. Even for people who aren't in those circumstances who commit crimes, I still think they deserve a chance. Due systemic oppression, black men have the highest prison rates. Prison is already our new day slavery, and this would just make it even more like slavery due to the amount of power someone will have over them.
apparatuse
apparatus: a complex structure within an organization for system.
design of subtle coercion for a society to come
People should never feel this entitled to have control over other humans.
These disciplines, which the classical age had elaborated in specific, relatively enclosed places — barracks, schools, workshops —
I don't understand in any way how this would be beneficial to an education system. Would this not interest with the students becoming social.
There is no risk, therefore, that the increase of power created by the panoptic machine may degenerate into tyranny; the disciplinary mechanism will be democratically controlled, since it will be constantly accessible “to the great tribunal committee of the world”.
further explanation?
If the inmates are convicts, there is no danger of a plot, an attempt at collective escape, the planning of new crimes for the future, bad reciprocal influences; if they are patients, there is no danger of contagion; if they are madmen there is no risk of their committing violence upon one another; if they are schoolchildren, there is no copying, no noise, no chatter, no waste of time; if they are workers, there are no disorders, no theft, no coalitions, none of those distractions that slow down the rate of work, make it less perfect or cause accidents
In my opinion, no people ever should live like this. We are a community, and people will always find ways around things especially if it becomes their living conditions.
to avoid those compact, swarming, howling masses that were to be found in places of confinement
Prisoners need those social ares to remain "sane". Although they are jail does not make it okay for them to be treated like this.
, the lepers are treated as plague victims; the tactics of individualizing disciplines are imposed on the excluded; and, on the other hand, the universality of disciplinary controls makes it possible to brand the “leper” and to bring into play against him the dualistic mechanisms of exclusion.
This reminds me of prisoners who stay in solidarity confinement for a long time and then sometimes when the regroup with the public they are "deemed insane". Making the general public population of the prison, suffer and feel "insane" as well due to the actions of that person.
The leper
leper: a person who is avoided or rejected by others for moral or social reasons.
This surveillance is based on a system of permanent registration: reports from the syndics to the intendants, from the intendants to the magistrates or mayor
This type of society makes people who normally are just higher ups, in this case the are like gods of the world because of how much control they have over those under them.
the closing of the town and its outlying districts, a prohibition to leave the town on pain of death, the killing of all stray animals; the division of the town into distinct quarters, each governed by an intendant. Each street is placed under the authority of a syndic, who keeps it under surveillance
Extremely inhumane society.
To this war of every man against every man this also is consequent, thatnothing can be unjust. The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice,have there no place. Where there is no common power, there is no law; whereno law, no injustice
Although it may be no "laws" I believe humanity always has right or wrongs and to be a good person it does not have to be written on paper does to validate what is wrong and right. By way of the heart, some things are naturally demmed unjust.
by themanner of life which men that have formerly lived under a peaceful governmentuse to degenerate into, in a civil war
by occurrence of pride and egos?
Again, men have no pleasure, but on the contrary a great deal of grief, inkeeping company where there is no power able to overawe them all
My take on this is why many people become envious towards people who they portray as "better than them"
many so wise as themselves, forthey see their own wit at hand and other men’s at a distance.
I think many people may not be around people who may have as much knowledge as themselves so they often feel much smarter than others, in reality there are many people with knowledge you just have to be in those circles
infallible rules
definition: unfailing in effectiveness or operation; certain: an infallible remedy. not fallible; exempt from liability to error, as persons, their judgment, or pronouncements: an infallible principle.
For, as to the strength of body, the weakest has strength enough to kill thestrongest, either by secret machination or by confederacy with others that are inthe same danger with himself
A life value to understand is every human strengths and weaknesses differ. Although somebody may not be "physically" strong they can have strengths in different aspects in life that a person who is physically strong does not have.
The present cultural state of America would give us agood opportunity for studying the damage to civilization which is thus to be feared. But I shall avoid thetemptation of entering upon a critique of American civilization;
Stronly agree, America has done so many wrongs. We now see why the world is in the current state that it is in
In abolishing private property we deprive the human
I do agree it would bring so much more happiness to the world, but I think it would not get rid of people who are ill willed
If private property were abolished, all wealth held in common, andeveryone allowed to share in the enjoyment of it, ill-will and hostility would disappear among men.Since everyone's needs would be satisfied, no one would have any reason to regard another as hisenemy; all would willingly undertake the work that was necessary.
I disagree people will be more happy yes, but it is now within humans to be jealous and hateful. Unless we erase our emotions, people will always find a way to be ill-willed. Instead it would be something like a man who has grows a better garden than everyone else in the community so they seek out to destroy it.
If I lovesomeone, he must deserve it in some way.
not necessarily, sometimes people love someone because they offered you something you needed at the time, they be not be someone you should be in a relations with
antithesis
antithesis: a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone of something
Women represent the interests of the family and of sexual life. The work ofcivilization has become increasingly the business of men, it confronts them with ever more difficult tasksand compels them to carry out instinctual sublimations of which women are little capable.
what exactly does he mean by this?
A small minority are enabled by their constitution to find happiness, in spite of everything, along thepath of love
Not sure if this is exactly what he is referring to but it is hard for black people to be happy in America because not only of the traumatic history we have here but how we are still treated in todays time, often think about a black "utopia"
Nor must we allow ourselves to bemisled by judgements of value concerning any particular religion, or philosophic system, or ideal.Whether we think to find in them the highest achievements of the human spirit, or whether we deplore
agree
The soil is carefully cultivated and planted with the vegetation which it is suited to support; and themineral wealth below ground is assiduously brought to the surface and fashioned into the requiredimplements and utensils. The means of communication are ample, rapid and reliable. Wild anddangerous animals have been exterminated, and the breeding of domesticated animals flourishes. Butwe demand other things from civilization besides these, and it is a noticeable fact that we hope to findthem realized in these same countries.
Our diet plays a huge part in our hapiness. As Americans, many of us eat extremely unhealthy including myself at times. Eating so much meat, fats, greasy foods is not healthy. The gut is directly related to brain health. Also, an unhealthy diet plays a huge role in our health as well, one of the number one causes for many deaths and diseases that we have here in America.
When he puts on all his auxiliary organs he is truly magnificent;
Auxiliary: providing supplementary or additional help or support.
It seems certain that we do not feel comfortable in our present-day civilization, but it is very difficult to forman opinion whether and in what degree men of an earlier age felt happier and what part their culturalconditions played in the matter.
I think that because we have emotions, people will never always be happy but I do think current day society has added so much to be in a constant state of unhappiness
During the last few generations mankind has made anextraordinary advance in the natural sciences and in their technical application and has established hiscontrol over nature in a way never before imagined. T
It may seem as a positive thing to have technology but in my opinion, it is not technology that may be so mad for humans but the improvement in certain natural sciences that left humankind in current generation for doom
his contention holds that what we call our civilization is largely responsible for ourmisery, and that we should be much happier if we gave it up and returned to primitive conditions.
I feel like it is extremely hard to be happy living under capitalism. Even for though who have good jobs like doctors and lawyers, the amount of time the have to spend at wok to make that money is a sacrifice, especially being because they have families of they own. The only people who are truly happy about capitalism is those who truly benefit from it.
We have given the answer already by pointing to the threesources from which our suffering comes: the superior power of nature, the feebleness of our ownbodies and the inadequacy of the regulations which adjust the mutual relationships of human beings inthe family, the state and society.
Quite confused on what the author means by this, hopefully it is throughly explained through the reading.
. The cultural imperialism in which whitemen _make stereotypical assumptions about and refuse to recognize the valuesof Blacks or women, for example, contributes to the marginalization andpowerlessness many Blacks and women suffer. But cultural imperialism doesnot always have these effects
Although I did disagree with some views in this article. some beliefs you just could not deny!
The idea of rape will occur to many men who pick up a hitch-hiking woman;the idea of hounding or teasing a gay man on their dorm floor will occur tomany straight male college Stlldents. Often several persons inflict the violencetogether, especially in all-male groupings
I believe many of these violent crimes like rape will continue to happen because it is not shammed enough in society. It is often excused not only in society but in the justice system as well. It is truly scary to live as a women amongst men like this.
Generally professionals expect,.and receive respect fromothers. In restaurants, banks, hotels, real estate offices, and many other suchpublic places, as well as in the media, professionals typically receive morerespectful treatment than nonprofessionals.
strongly agree!
Capitalis� s?ciety, on the other hand, removes traditional juridically enforced class distmct10ns and promotes a belief in the legal freedom of persons.
Due to the dynamic in the United States, capitalism is only beneficial to those who actually have "legal freedom"
A person joins an association, and even if membership in it fundamentally �ffe�ts one's life, one does not take that membership to define one's very1dent1ty, m the way, for example, being Navaho might. Group affinity, on theother hand, has the character of what Martin Heidegger (1962) calls "thrownness": one finds oneself as a member of a group, whi.ch one experiences as always already having been. For our identities are defined in relation to howothe�s identify us, and they do so in terms of groups which are alway s alreadyassociated with specific attr ibutes, stereotypes, and norms.
depends on the person, some people join groups and change their own identity and personal beliefs just to fit in
Oppression also traditionally carr ies a strong connotation of conquest and colonial domination. The Hebrews were oppressed inEgypt, and many uses of the term oppression in the West invoke this paradigm.
This is contradicting to me because slaves were congested and colonized. After slavery, white people systemically input ways to oppress black people.
Many people in the United States would not choose the term "oppression" to name injustice in our society.
I believe it depends on what person/racial or ethic group, you are asking. In my opinion when black people speak of injustices, they are also speaking on oppression. For black people those terms coexist, at least to my beliefs.