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⌈ Secret Post #2638 ⌋

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

[mekkio]

Dystopia with centralized ruling class
I. The rights of the common man have been taken away by fascist ruling class. (Mind you this could be in the form of government like with The Hunger Games or the private sector with Jennifer Government.
A. The common man must be trapped within his own social status which will always far lower than the ruling class. (He/She is often a type of slave/serf/drone.) He may not be able to move up. He may be able to go to a lower status but, again, never one above.
B. The ruling class owns all (or almost all) forms of information.

Dystopia without centralized ruling class
I. Modern tech is gone. Be it taken away or made useless
A. Man has reverted to using pre-Industrial Revolution tech

II. The ruling class is broken up to warlords who control small territories. (For example, Revolution where the US has been broken up to half a dozen territories.)

III. Because modern tech is gone and warlords rule, people learn to fight before they learn how to read.
A. Guns are usually the only tech that hasn't been lost.
B. People are often in war with other territories for basic supplies like food or medicine.