[ SECRET POST #2638 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2638 ⌋

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Re: What are the essential elements for a setting to be a dystopia?

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There are quite a few different ways to do dystopia. One of the more common ones involve corporations in control of (or replacing) government entities, at war with other corporations, while colourful and violent youth gangs roam the streets. Another one is the fake utopia where everything seems perfect but if you scratch the surface a little it's really ugly and broken.

I think my standard definition for a dystopia is that people are oppressed somehow, what authority there is tends to be, either covertly or overtly, abusive, corrupt and all-encompassing, and behaviour is controlled, either through physical force, more subtle methods like drugs, or simple social engineering (using advertising and propaganda to get people to do what you want.) Other factors, such as environmental conditions, are secondary.