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Dystopian controls
By Luca Wauters, Shahir Qadiri and Lillian Dixon
What is a dystopia?A dystopia is a world in which nothing is perfect. The problems that plague our world are often even more extreme in dystopias. Dystopia is a play on the made-up word ''utopia'' using the
prefix ''dys,'' which means ''bad'' or ''difficult.dystopias have characteristics such as these:
● Usually a controlling, oppressive government or no government● Either extreme poverty for everyone or a huge income gap between the richest
characters and the poorest characters● Propaganda controlling people's minds● Freethinking and independent thought is banned
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What are the dystopian controls?There are 4 dystopian controls.
● Bureaucratic Control● Technological Control● Philosophical Control● Corporate Control
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TheocraticTheocratic leaders are either oppressors or oppressed
Belief and religion is enforced by either state through theocratic government or a majority religious group
Citizens are not allowed to have unique beliefs
Example in Art is V for Vendetta
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Corporate controlLarge corporation/corporations in control
Example is umbrella corporation for resident evil, government in running man and minority report.
After money and not actually evil.
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Technological control● Has to have some kind of technology in it, which means
most dystopian movies from early times aren't technological
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Bureaucratic ControlSociety is controlled by mindless governing
Government imposes mindless regulation and incompetent government officials
Bureaucratic and Theocratic controls usually cross over in the same art form
An example is V for vendetta
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Examples in Film- The Matrix ( Technological) - V for Vendetta (Theocratic and Bureaucratic)- The Lego Movie ( Corporate)
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Examples in literatureMaze runner (Corporate)
Hunger games (Bureaucratic control)
Neuromancer (Technological)
Divergent (Theocratic)
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Examples in artBy Paul Chadeisson
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