Social reproduction would need people to have the same importance over values, which is essentially impossible. People choose to have their own opinions and uphold them, which is why redefine work to meet these needs is not plausible.

In the earlier context, I thought about this in a bad context- that everyone just has to live life dragging by whether we like it or not. In this context, it's used in hopes that things will get better rather than worse. So let's all try our best

I don't think we can all be blamed for this. There are many who are unwilling to change or believe that these issues are true. Thus, bringing everyone back to square one when we were trying to improve.

Robinson basically states that essentially in every situation things are bad. But does that mean there is nothing good? Is it wrong to live life normal with a few bad things here and there? Life isn't always perfect anyways.

I've felt this way too, that no matter what government I am in or choose to be in, i will never be satisfied. There will always be faults in the system I don't agree with because the system is made for everyone (not just me).

I agree with Robinson here. Dystopias just encompasses all our hopelessness and fears we see within the political realm and lets it play out. These lives are trashed by political inaction and we can see this in politics right now. Oftentimes, we cannot say or do anything.

I can see where Robinson is coming from. In a way, I feel like things are not as bad, but I take the ideas as a preventative measure rather than a pleasure of "nowhere near as bad." I tend to be more optimistic about society, so it gives me a sense of urgency to see how I can make the world a better place.

I get the hunger game reference to support this, but the idea of many dystopians remain a possible portrayal of the future. For example, 1984 depicts life with continuous surveillance. We know right now that our conversations are listened to and cameras are likely watched. This has been proven in many ways and Snowden has described how out of hand this is.

I would have never thought of it as social hopes and fears, but it makes sense. Utopias come from hopes of how people would like society to be, while dystopias are the dark consequences of what society is capable of becoming.

I think we explored this idea often this semester. All these novels and stories wanted to create their own idea of a utopia or perfect society, but oftentimes that was done in combination with the oppression of others.