"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
— Man in the Arena —
Scarcity Mindset
Bureaucratic and corporate systems demand dependency, and the quickest way to create dependency is through scarcity. They create a fixed mindset that dictates a variety of rules stating that progression and success cannot be obtained outside of their dystopian parameters.
The Seven Dystopian Novels That are Most Relevant Today
Dystopias are no longer a fiction. From 1984 to Atlas Shrugged, these are the seven most relevant dystopian novels for modern society.
Modern-Day Slavery
Slavery still exists. The truth about modern-day slavery is hidden under the dystopian economics of human trafficking and the supply and demand our society creates, using people as products.
The American Dystopia
American culture is rife with sexuality and distractions. We live in a Huxleyan dystopia that is using sexuality, gender, and pleasure to distract us from the cultural divide and national destabilization efforts being implemented from activists and politicians.
The Fastest Growing Religion
The main purpose and duty of any religion is to attend to the needs of the souls of all people, and with the declining trend of religion in America, this is leaving room for the State’s own dystopian faith and worship.
Education & Propaganda
If we want our children to not be influenced by the State and are worried about dystopian cultural influences warping their minds, then there really is no other choice but to homeschool.
Dystopian Media
As terrifying as a “Disinformation Governance Board” is, an Orwellian Totalitarian State is the least of our worries. It is Huxleyan desensitization and the pleasure-seeking culture that is creating the state of the State we are seeing through social media.
Socialistic Dystopia
Collectivist ideology is creating an American Dystopia before our very eyes. Edward Bernays would be proud! There is a major difference between Pure Democracy and Modernity—it’s free thought.
Brave New World Vs. 1984
Dystopias are no longer a fiction and if you were to ask Orwell or Huxley, they would agree. Edward Bernays, the father of modern propaganda, pioneered the shaping of public perception and helped blend this reality and dystopian fiction.
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a correlation between confidence and competence that only exacerbates the copy and paste insta-share ADHD culture. Dystopian author Aldous Huxley warned of this very thing in his own fiction.
“Fact Checkers”
A fact-checker is a title that gives an arbitrary sense of authority that makes anyone who argues against it sound like a fool because they’re “arguing against facts”, making their job one of the most dystopian, double-speak titles in modern existence.
What is Utopia?
The coined word “Utopia” is derived from the Greek ou (“not”) and topos (“place”), and by putting those roots together Utopia literally means “No place”. It is a fiction we all fall victim to out of sheer emotion and idealistic fantasies, and one that has created real life Dystopias.