Welcome to Dystopia

What with wars and rumors of war, civil unrest, an ever-greedier moneyed class, cutbacks in social services, global warming, unresponsive and self-serving governments, and so on ad infinitum, it may be time to get used to living in a (more) dystopian world.  So here goes.

First, let's define dystopia:

A dystopia is a community or society, usually fictional, that is in some important way undesirable or frightening. It is the opposite of a utopia. Such societies appear in many works of fiction, particularly in stories set in a speculative future. Dystopias are often characterized by dehumanization, totalitarian governments, environmental disaster, or other characteristics associated with a cataclysmic decline in society. Elements of dystopias may vary from environmental to political and social issues. Dystopian societies have culminated in a broad series of sub-genres of fiction and are often used to raise real-world issues regarding society, environment, politics, religion, psychology, spirituality, or technology that may become present in the future. For this reason, dystopias have taken the form of a multitude of speculations, such as pollution, poverty, societal collapse, political repression, or totalitarianism.

To get the idea across, here is an image from deviantART's, Dystopian Society section.  Below is a meme by shadow9020:

Suzanne Collins Hunger Games depicted a truly dystopian society, where citizens didn't have a chance -- or so it seemed.  Here's an official trailer.

Then there's the mayhem of Mad Max; this trailer was posted by madmaxmoviesTV.

If you find this topic interesting, there's an extensive Dystopian Society reading list at goodreads.

Red pill or blue pill?

-- Marge