Many a movies and books have derived from the curiosity of what the future may hold, and how it may differ from our current society. The possibilities of what futures can be told is only limited to a writer's imagination. Examples include The Hunger Games, Psycho-Pass, The Matrix, or any number of futuristic sci-fi movies in which a Government, or system controls the citizens through fear, intimidation, and execution. What makes these great stories? The very fact that they deviate so clearly from the order that we know today titillates the mind. Making oneself question what they would do if such a government came to pass. Would you simply go with the flow, or become an anarchist in order to bring back the freedoms that were lost? Infinite scenarios can be created, and the emotions tied with these stories are of the utmost passionate. For they represent the truth behind human nature, freedom.
Even those who have not know freedom such as the slaves of our worlds' past and present, to the characters controlled by an all powerful government in a story, all realize that something is missing. Even when faced with a situation where a human may feel like all hope is lost, the thought of freedom shines clearly through any delusions of self doubt. These are the people whom against all odds challenge a seemingly invincible system despite the odds they face.
Even though the Matrix is childish at times, and is sometimes pretty laughable, it sheds light on an interesting topic, free will. Imagine, we as human beings are the only life in the entire galaxy that we know of. Is that a coincidence or an erroneous assumption? Consider this: If we are the only observable life would it suffice to say that we ourselves could be nothing more than a computer game for another world? Think of it as a real life SIMS game, however we have real feelings and are much more complex. Therefore is it possible for us to merely be a computer animation, or perhaps a social experiment for another dimension that places instigators within our midst's to test us? This would be quite an alarming realization, despite the reality being that we would not be able to figure out that reality seeing as how we wouldn't have the code necessary to complete such a task. One could think about such a reality for an eternity and never come up with an answer.
An even more alarming reality would be if the world order which currently runs the world could be on the verge of becoming a real life dystopian society. Of course a real life example of this would be communism and socialism. A simplistic version of this system is shown in George Orwell's Animal Farm which was a representation of the communist revolution and the figures that made it all possible. These systems of government decide what an individual may or may not do, they will be chosen for a job, their "purpose" in life will be planned out with no hope of deviating from the chosen path. All of this control will be touted under a flag of unity and brotherhood. However that is nothing more than total control, and deceiving the very people that a government should protect.
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