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You better start believing in cyberpunk dystopia Miss Turner. You’re in one!
Do we at least get cool cyborg bodies that last longer and cool advanced tech?
No, but we have shitty A.I videos that will probably spread propaganda on Facebook, so nearly just as good!
Best I can do is cyber-psychosis and some shit from 10 years ago
Goddamn it Rick you swindler
No, because a Utopia is a Utopia for everyone or it’s not a Utopia.
Interesting concept. Kind of like “is it really heaven if people you didn’t like while you were alive are also there?”
Utopia can never be utopia for everyone because some people will want hierarchy and superiority over others. So with this requirement, utopia cannot exist. Maybe that’s why it doesn’t :D
Utopia means “no place” so all utopias, by definition are imaginary.,
Yes!
"The word utopia was coined in 1516 from Ancient Greek by the Englishman Sir Thomas More for his Latin text Utopia. It literally translates as “no place”, "
This the etymology yes.
“But it now usually describes an ideal society that is considered better than contemporary society.”
So, as you can see we’re not in ancient greece, are we? “Buzz lightyear smug squint”
So, when people say they’ll be happy in utopia, they’re unintentionally making a depressing dark joke?
They are essentially saying that they would be happy in a place that does not exist. Doesn’t exclude the possibility that happiness could still be found in a place that does.
Neverland
After 1 billion the billionaire wants 2 billion.
You can rest soundly knowing these people too will never be happy.
The handful I’ve encountered up-close-and-personal are legitimately miserable. Nice trips, sure. Nice stuff. But the opposite of “joyful” in a very obvious way.
If you’re thinking of American right-wingers and fascists who are currently celebrating Trump’s victory, I must say their view of the world is so dark, negative and pessimistic, that nobody could really describe it as utopia-like. This is a brief respite for them, nothing more.
If you’re thinking more abstractly, or of some very specific incredibly lucky people, then I guess it could be so.
Clearly not…
This planet belongs to the ants, we are just their NPCs.
