Post by account_disabled on Mar 7, 2024 3:10:42 GMT -5
Seen From the Second Angle, Dystopia Appears the Same as Other Cultural Artifacts: as a Symptom of the Unresolved Contradictions of the System at a Given Moment. This Happens, for Example, When the Story Confers the Gift of Resistance to a Solitary Individual, or When It Disfigures the Revolutionary Act or Identifies Emancipation With the Return to Nature, or When It Sharply Opposes Reality and Appearance, Freedom and Equality. , Humanities and Technology, Feeling and Reason. In This Area, It Can Also Be Said That Dystopia Expresses Truths.
Truths, of Course, by Contents of the Dominant Ideology. Does Dystopia Question the Capitalist System or Corroborate It? As a Genre, Dystopia Does Not Usually Advocate the End of Capitalism, but Rather Justifies It. Quantitatively, the UK Mobile Database Amount of Dystopian Stories That Demonize Regimes Inspired by Socialism Has Always Been Greater: Stories Concocted So That People Are Scared of Leftist Projects of Transformation and Assume Without Question Liberal and/or Conservative Values (the Freedom of the Individual, Family, Intimacy.
Tradition and So on). It is True, However, That Dystopia Has Had a Relevant Anti-capitalist Current Since Its Origins, and That Throughout the St Century the Volume of Dystopias Dedicated to Condemning Capitalism Has Increased. But, With Exceptions Such as Jennifer Government , the Clockwork Girl and Minority Titles Such as Sleep Dealer , the Majority of Recent Contributions Cannot Be Classified as Anti-capitalist in the Strict Sense. What They Really Sponsor is Capitalism With a Human Face, the Underlying Fantasy of Wall-e , %, Elysium , in Time , Ready Player One , the Maze Runner and Many Other Similar Stories. Despite Its Moderate Nature, Common Sense Tells Us That Such Productions Should Encourage, However Little, Indignation and Susceptibility Towards the Capitalist System. It Doesn't Seem to Be the Case.
Truths, of Course, by Contents of the Dominant Ideology. Does Dystopia Question the Capitalist System or Corroborate It? As a Genre, Dystopia Does Not Usually Advocate the End of Capitalism, but Rather Justifies It. Quantitatively, the UK Mobile Database Amount of Dystopian Stories That Demonize Regimes Inspired by Socialism Has Always Been Greater: Stories Concocted So That People Are Scared of Leftist Projects of Transformation and Assume Without Question Liberal and/or Conservative Values (the Freedom of the Individual, Family, Intimacy.
Tradition and So on). It is True, However, That Dystopia Has Had a Relevant Anti-capitalist Current Since Its Origins, and That Throughout the St Century the Volume of Dystopias Dedicated to Condemning Capitalism Has Increased. But, With Exceptions Such as Jennifer Government , the Clockwork Girl and Minority Titles Such as Sleep Dealer , the Majority of Recent Contributions Cannot Be Classified as Anti-capitalist in the Strict Sense. What They Really Sponsor is Capitalism With a Human Face, the Underlying Fantasy of Wall-e , %, Elysium , in Time , Ready Player One , the Maze Runner and Many Other Similar Stories. Despite Its Moderate Nature, Common Sense Tells Us That Such Productions Should Encourage, However Little, Indignation and Susceptibility Towards the Capitalist System. It Doesn't Seem to Be the Case.