A CLOCKWORK ORANGES Prediction of DYSTOPIAN DEMOCRACY: the Rise Failure of AUTHORITARIANISM
For a hundred years now, we have been fascinated by DYSTOPIAS: nightmarevisions of environmental disasters, squalor, societal decline, or tyrannical governments maintaining complete control over a societywhether through brute force, propaganda, censorship or denial of free thought, brainwashing, or all of the above, leading to the complete loss of individuality. But in this everexpanding genre, there is one dystopian film that stands out as horrifyingly unique, breaking the mold, and creating a dystopian world unlike any otherexcept maybe, potentially, our own. Stanley Kubricks 1971 film adaptation A Clockwork Orange follows the deviant peregrinations of a young criminal named Alex Delarge, as he navigates a dystopian of version of London, England. This video explores the nature of crime, government, and culture. Why does authoritarianism fail to create safety and prevent crime Can democracies be totalitarian What makes policing ineffective How do liberals respond in a world where liber
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