Utopia
"Again, the problem isn’t that people don’t understand the problems that face us, but that they can’t imagine solutions-or, if they can, then how to bring those solutions about. Demonstrating the harsh realities of the past, present, and possible future is important, but it needs to be folded into a larger inspiring vision."
This reminds me of the discussion we had in class about people not being able to imagine a world where there isn't always someone on top and someone getting the scraps that the bottom. By promoting ideas that allow people to expand their minds and feel hope, they might be inspired to affect change. It is at least more likely that they will do so, if they feel there is a chance that something different might flourish. By giving people a blueprint, even one that is imagined, it provides something to reach and strive for.
"There may be inequality, injustice, and oppression but if there is no alternative then what is the purpose of rebelling? Given enough time, those in power may not even need the institutions of law and the military as people normalize their own domination so completely that they expect it, accept it, and even ask for it."
This quote also reminds of a discussion we had in class about how the people at the top that are benefitting off the regular people, would love for you to waste your time punching down to the people beneath you and not focus on what is happening at the top. By internalizing and normalizing our own repression, we perpetuate the cycle of hopelessness and lack of progress. We must look forward and beyond in order to expand our horizons and really affect change.
For the final project I am going to do a nice table set for a celebratory dinner and encourage viewers via a sign of some sort to let the viewer know they are invited to either give or take a sealed food item. I will take anything left in there to the food bank to donate.
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