- published: 07 Jan 2016
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A dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian. Examples of dystopias are characterized in books such as Brave New World, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and The Handmaid's Tale. The Iron Heel was described by Erich Fromm as "the earliest of the modern Dystopian". Dystopian societies feature different kinds of repressive social control systems, and various forms of active and passive coercion. Ideas and works about dystopian societies often explore the concept of humans abusing technology and humans individually and collectively coping, or not being able to properly cope with technology that has progressed far more rapidly than humanity's spiritual evolution. Dystopian societies are often imagined as police states, with unlimited power over the citizens. The word derives from Ancient Greek: δυσ-, "bad, hard", and Ancient Greek: τόπος, "place, landscape". It can alternatively be called cacotopia, or anti-utopia.
The word dystopia represents a counterpart of utopia, a term originally coined by Thomas More in his book of that title completed in 1516.
endless voices
shattered thoughts that cloud my head
sleepless nights of agony
wretched and twitching in a pool of sweat
searching for the words to say
babble spills out of my mouth
starring into space
i didnt hear what you said
i wish i could explain whats wrong with me
why cant i think straight
im lost because i think to much
about...
misery of life
no esteem from proding eyes
my confidence mistakes
scarred to sleep or stay awake
lifetimes pass in a blink of an eye
i am dumbfucked
all my pride sucked
i fight to gain control
of what the fututre holds
but im fucking lost
because i think to much
about misery
of life no esteem from proding eyes
my confidence mistakes
scarred to sleep or stay awake
lifetimes pass in a blink of an eye
i ambumbfucked
all my pride sucked
nails dig into my head
tossing and turning in my bed
biting my lips
blood stained mouth
need something more to calm me down
will i end up dead
or can i digest it all this shit im fed
endured for so long
i am suprised that ive made it this far
in my lifetime
i watch people waste their lives away
it makes me sick
to think i could end up like them