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  1. Apr 2022
    1. science too is an ideology

      Often, we see science as an objective or neutral form of esteeming and gathering knowledge, when really it is subjective in countless ways and obliviousness of that subjectivity can be deeply damaging.

    2. one must be anti-anti-utopian.

      The opposite of being anti-anti utopian is to be Utopian. It’s crucial to keep imagining that things could get better, and furthermore to imagine how they might get better.

    3. Anthropocene

      Definition: the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.

    4. dystopias today seem mostly like the metaphorical lens of the science-fictional double action

      This includes the world that we "know" and the one we don't. It's like looking at a picture someone has drawn and intended to have a certain meaning, but we as the viewers see it and interpret something different from it, and consequently do not fully understand the intended meaning. Sometimes this can be the case for truly understanding this double-sided society we live in.

    5. that no one anywhere feels properly represented by their government, no matter which style of government

      Government officials should do a better job of making us as citizens feel better represented. This includes making citizens "present" in public policy-making processes when political actors act in the best interest of citizens.

    6. Dystopia is very clearly a kind of satire

      This point is valid, because often times dystopias are satires that ridicule existent conditions rather than offering practical solutions for them.

  2. Feb 2022
    1. individual men were in a state of war one against another

      This is still a problem in the current world. This ties back into the aspects of competition.

    2. Laws of Nature

      THE LAWS OF NATURE EXPLAINED 1) Seek Peace just as far as man's hope of obtaining it. 2)Renounce full liberty of the state-- for loyalty of defense in return.

    3. equality of ability produces equalityof hope

      This is where competition comes in, same goods, distrust of others-- the glory. Everyone wants what they can't have, in means of all the same things.

    4. Nature has made men so equal in their physical andmental capacities

      This line insists that there are overall equal capacities such as--Equalities of the body and mind.

    1. To people who feel deprived of a clear social identity, Ur-Fascism says that their onlyprivilege is the most common one, to be born in the same country.

      So, if you have yet to find your identity being born a citizen in the same country is a start.

    2. Italian fascism was certainly a dictatorship

      Italian Fascism is also associated with the post-war Italian Social Movement and subsequent Italian neo-fascist movements.

    3. Holocaust, thus understanding themeaning before knowing the word

      The excruciating and roguish events occurring in the photographs gave him context of the depth of the Holocaust without a single explanation.

    4. at the age of ten, I received the First Provincial Award of Ludi Juveniles (avoluntary, compulsory competition for young Italian Fascists

      Age 10, is quite young to be involved in political matters regardless of the race, not just Italians, It seems to me that he is ahead of his time,

  3. Jan 2022
    1. seem to have observed that this newly-won power over space and time, this subjugation of the forces of nature, which is the fulfilment of a longing t

      Instead of being fulfilled with the right things (space & time), men were fulfilled with power and other things that could later on cause problems since they were yearning for something to fill that long time void.

    2. If we do away with personal rights over material wealth, there still remains prerogative in the field of sexual relationships,

      This is true. Getting rid of it doesn't mean it's gone forever; it'll just induce other problems that human go through.

    3. If we cannot remove all suffering, we can remove some, and we can mitigate some

      I agree with this statement. Suffering isn't a natural process, but it is indeed inevitable. However, we can avoid it, by refusing to accept some things,