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I think dystopian media can also be inspiring to read, to make sure our society doesn't get near as bad as the ones we read and watch about. But I've never watched a dystopian movie with the thought of making myself feel better about our current world's situation.

very true, and interesting to think about. We know the Hunger Games, as we know it, can never logically happen, but the fact the premise behind it is relatable to current society is what is scary.

"anticipating"

It's hard to not be fearful of our future when we see first-hand our worlds slowly starting to relate to that of a dystopian world in a novel or movie.

Establishing trust. Makes it less likely for people to be rebellious when they have trust.

I'm assuming perfume is a disinfectant spray, but from the pov of the citizens, they may think it is perfume.

I'm curious as to why this phrase is being repeated throughout. I guess it is giving the readers the same feeling of repetitiveness that if they go out of order or break the rules, there will be consequences.

This seems very extreme, but it is necessary in times of plague. Giving people too much freedom will result in some people rebelling, as we saw with COVID, in which some did not want to wear their masks or stay indoors or social distance, and as a result, there were thousands of deaths.

Similar to how it was back in 2019 when COVID first started.

I agree. To be peaceful, people need to feel safe, and not constantly fight for their lives. People also need basic commodities like shelter and food. Again, when people are not given these NECESSARY and BASIC living resources, they resort to fighting to be able to live.

I think Hobbs may be insinuating that the government causes the wars, whether civil wars or personal struggles projected onto others. It makes sense, since the root problem of most, if not all, wars is greed.

This is interesting and I think very true. People get caught up in what others have and want, and their envy, jealousy, and insecurities make them want to destroy the other's world. They stop caring about achieving their goals and instead, focus on destroying the other person so they don't achieve theirgoal.

He is saying that the mind is stronger than the body, I agree. Confidence is key.

"Nature" in what sense?

I agree that usually what leads to our misery, sadness, anger, anguish, and all the other negative feelings we feel is led by our civilization and our society. Many things are expected of us as people part of a society, such as work, school, bills, and finances that ultimately led to unhappiness in some people's lives. As well as the unrealistic exceptions that society has placed upon us, but to what degree of "returning to our primitive state" would make us actually truly happy, if at all?

I like how the author highlights different forms of oppression that people may not think of. We usually automatically think of racism when it comes to oppression, but oppression comes in all types of forms. Referring back to the beginning of 'Oppression as a structural concept,' I think people would not term oppression to many situations because it is thought that to be oppressed there must be some type of dictator/tyrant in rule, but that is not the case. We fail to forget the meaning of oppression which from Merriam-Webster Dictionary means "unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power." We see this unjust authority of power everyday in society in which people exercise their privilege in unjust ways towards the less privileged. One example of this in our society is the murder of George Floyd in which one person unjustly and inhumanely took advantage of their power/authority over another. This is oppression, and we tend to not think of situations like this one, that happen on a daily basis, as such.

I love this line as an opening quote to talk about oppression because it illustrates to readers how when you are in an oppressive or abusive situation, for example, you are not able to see the full picture, as someone looking in can.