its our responsibility to make things better for everyone in the present and the future

Antonio Francesco Gramsci was an Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist, linguist, writer, and politician. He wrote on philosophy, political theory, sociology, history, and linguistics. He was a founding member and one-time leader of the Communist Party of Italy.

a world-renowned scholar who examined what sentimentality means in American culture for gender, sexuality and politics

this is extremely interesting and completely correct. even though utopias aren't all good, they are better than current society, whereas dystopia is worse. However, not everyones utopia is the same, whereas everyones dystopia is similar

The part of the earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life

reminds me of The Maze Runner

it might also be a warning against political revolution. What if the people you entrust to fix your country turns out to be like the authority figures in these dystopian books.

I feel like if we're continuously barraged with dystopias and situations that are extremely oppressive and traumatic, we will become complacent with the problems in our current society because of this mentality of "at least it's not this bad."

(n.) cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself

this is a huge aspect of all the dystopian stories we've talked about and heard of. The people subjected to the horrors of society are usually living in a state of constant fear/paranoia. like the lower party members in 1984, the poor in The Purge, the people under Rudy in Brown Girl in the Ring.

how are these different ? what does it mean by metaphorical vision ?

Plato was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

this reminds me of that cinematic era between 2012-2015 where every dystopian, young adult book was made into a movie and it was always about the government being corrupt like in Hunger Games or Divergent.

why does he think this? just because you have a reason for doing something, doesn't mean you shouldn't be held responsible or that what you did was moral. also just/unjust and right/wrong are two different things, though they go hand in hand. without laws, there is no right and wrong. however, justness is based on morals, not on laws, therefore in a lawless society, there can still be justice and injustice

i agree. you aren't born with a sense of right and wrong. your morals develop from the world and people around you, therefore if you are alone, you won't have them and you don't necessarily need them

bro, is he talking about the native americans???? like fr

i agree with him that those thoughts and desires are not inherently sinful. however, if they act on those thoughts, if they affect someone else negatively, are sinful, even if there are no laws in place.

this connects to 1984. the war wasn't actually real. they're were a few bombs that dropped and their was some fighting on the front lines and important bases, but for the most part it was just the idea of war to keep the citizens controlled

this sounds like a whole lot of excuses to be violent and terrible people. Justifies destroying another person's life because of jealousy (competition), greed (distrust), and arrogance (glory).

i think men (whoever he is talking about) are way too focused on what others think of them. people's opinion of someone or whether they value that person or not, should not mean anything to that person at the end of the day. they're letting someone else control their life

he only talks of conquest and violence instead of alliances and peace. he believes the only way of survival is to dominate others instead of working together

whats this mean? like they're getting off on thinking of the power they can gain from conquest or they're getting off on the power they already have?

i disagree with this as well. if you've had something all your life, you will be content with it if you've never known any difference, especially if you're not able to properly gauge what everyone else has.

its funny how many people think they're opinion matters more since they believe themselves to be smarter. they think themselves superior to others

(n). the quality of acting with or showing care and thought for the future

is he saying that we aren't born with the natural ability to do science? the simplest form of science is just observation, statement, and reasoning. why wouldn't we be able to do that?

i disagree with this. there are some really stupid people. and just like strength can change, so can your mind.

this is what a lot of people say about racism and homophobia. some prefer people using confederate flags and wearing clothes with discriminatory and offensive language because then they know who to stay away from. it's harder when they look like just another person on the street

(n.) a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups

appearance of a contradiction. hates women but hates homosexuality. hates women but hates chastity

(adj.) substitute, typically an inferior one

like in 1984, it's revealed that the "war" is not really a war and is just a way of keeping the citizens in each state under control. there will never be an end to the war but they encourage patriotism and hatred of the enemy to foster hope that there will be

you see this a lot, actually. When something bad happens to someone or they are struggling, instead of giving help, others tell them "that's just life". instead of changing the way life is, they just accept that that is life.

they instill the fear of being different in people to unite everyone against a common enemy and make it easier to pick them out, killing two birds with one stone.

that's why you see so many states the claim to be "communist" are actually fascist. they appeal to the middle class or the working class to gain power, but once they grab that power they don't deliver

like in 1984, if you disagree with Big Brother, you would be subjected to the ministry of love

just as he said before, syncretism comes with contradictions so if the faith is analyzed, the logic will break down

(n.) a system of belief or action that disregards or contradicts rational principles

the theory that all moral and religious truth comes from divine revelation passed on by tradition, human reason being incapable of attaining it

Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is considered to be one of the greatest philosophers of the modern era.

how ?

sounds like what the ministry of love did in 1984 to keep in power

who joins a war just for the aesthetics? lol

"Degenerate art": a term adopted in the 1920s by the Nazi Party in Germany to describe modern art

(n.) a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

ironic how leaders thought this fascism would combat communism, however a decade late, they had to ally themselves with communist russia to fight this new fascism.

he did whatever he had to do to get more support and power

hegelianism (n.): the philosophy of G. W. F. Hegel, important German idealist and philosopher, in which reality has a conceptual structure

Dictatorship concerns the source of the governing power (a single person has all the power) and totalitarianism concerns the scope of the governing power (what is the government and how extensive is its power).

its always funny to me that Hitler chose these people as the "superior race" when he didn't even have aryan features

people always want to emphasize their "oppression" by comparing and/or connecting it to atrocious events in the past

(n.) language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content

(n.) the exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way

I also want to put that forgiveness doesn't always mean reconciliation. just because u have forgiven someone, doesn't mean you have to restore the relationship or forget what they did

just the act of resisting made them feel better than just doing nothing, even if they made a true impact or not. they needed to survive and this gave them a reason too

germany did an a amazing job at hiding the true atrocities jews face during the holocaust until after they had lost

this would be so disconcerting. your whole life you live a certain way and then it's changed quite suddenly

what do you even say after you've lost thousands of people in a war and the future of your country is uncertain? World War II was the most devastating war to happen at that time. Everyone was just so exhausted

thats a horrifying question to be asking a 10-yr-old. Even more horrifying is what was punishment they went through if their answer wasn't positive, if they weren't smart like eco?

Compulsory: obligatory voluntary: of your own volition the contradiction between voluntary and compulsory is similar to that of 1984. They try and make it seem like its your choice, but if you get punished for not doing it, then is it really a choice?