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- Greg Malivuk
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- euphemism: a nicer or more polite way to talk about something (which may otherwise be unpleasant) ("restroom" - you don't really go there to rest)
- dysphemism: an intentionally rude or impolite way to talk about something (shitter)
- utopia: an imaginary place, usually means a perfect or ideal place
- dystopia: a world where most things are unpleasant or terrible
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- Dystopian movies or TV shows:
- - The Walking Dead (post-apocalyptic = after the end of the world)
- - The last book of Harry Potter
- - The Hunger Games (post-apocalyptic, also false utopia)
- - Maze Runner
- - Divergent
- - Resident Evil
- - Elysium (false utopia)
- - District 9
- - Book of Eli
- - World War Z (zombie apocalypse)
- - The Road
- Utopian stories:
- - Star Trek (the background setting is very utopian)
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- What would you change about the US or your country to make it more utopian:
- - build homes for the homeless
- - stop crime
- - stop taxes
- - fix the MBTA
- - free English classes for everyone
- - one universal language
- - less economic disparity
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- Sir Thomas More wrote "Utopia" in 1516 - It's a story about traveling around an imaginary island that has many utopian rules and laws
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- manslaughter: accidentally killing a person
- (sometimes called "involuntary manslaughter")
- vehicular manslaughter: manslaughter caused by a vehicle (e.g. a car)
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- 1 crime and punishment
- 2 religion
- 3 making laws
- 4 unpleasant / dangerous jobs
- 5 economy / work / money
- 6 foreign policy / war
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- "It's a necessary evil."
- de facto slavery: some people are basically slaves, even if the law doesn't say so
- de jure slavery: slavery is officially legal
- direct democracy: all the people decide directly on every law
- representative democracy: people elect a few representatives to make direct choices
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