DYSTOPIA | 2021 | VIDEO
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Dystopia (medicine) - the location of an organ, tissue or individual cells in an unusual place for them, due to dysembryogenesis, trauma or surgery.
A dystopia (from ancient greek δυσ- "bad, hard" and τόπος "place") is a fictional community or society that is undesirable or frightening. Also, an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic.
The concept of "dystopia", having two meanings, describes the ongoing changes in world society.
On the one hand, denoting the abnormal arrangement of organs or tissues caused by artificial intervention or injury, on the other hand, being a literary genre (dystopia (literally "bad place") describing repulsive communities, draws a parallel between the existence of hope and migration trends in the world.
Man-made boundaries and political systems deprive society of freedom by manipulating the sense of hope for a better world. Back in the days of the USSR, there was a popular song that "hope is the earth's compass", but is it really so?
Hope is what is directed towards the future. That is why the statement “hope dies last” is true: we can hardly imagine a person who would not dream and think about the future. The Romans said: dum spiro spero - "while I breathe, I hope."
The most famous story of hope is the ancient Greek myth of Pandora's box. Pandora is a beautiful woman created by Zeus to punish people for stealing fire. Out of curiosity, she opened the chest given to her, in which all human misfortunes were hidden - wars, vices and diseases. Only Hope
remained at the bottom of the box when Pandora slammed the lid shut. Hope was considered a dangerous illusion, "a curse for man" (Euripides). The Stoics spoke of the danger of unfulfilled hopes that lead to despair. Hope does not belong to the realized reality - it is a “sense of the possible,” and for this reason it does not fully obey strict realism. You cannot "hope" to get out of bed in the morning if you are not a paralytic and can do it easily and freely. Hope appears where there is a sense of risk. This is creative imagination - and this is how hope differs from simple desire.
