Re:Four Kinds of Dystopia
by smallnamespace on Saturday February 11, 2017 @12:55PM
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> what you consider good or bad and why
The prefix 'dys-' literally comes from the PIE for 'bad, ill, evil'.
If you wanted to avoid subjective moral judgments in discussion, then I'd recommend you don't start it off by using the term 'dystopia', which implies subjective negative judgement [1].
The prefix 'dys-' literally comes from the PIE for 'bad, ill, evil'.
If you wanted to avoid subjective moral judgments in discussion, then I'd recommend you don't start it off by using the term 'dystopia', which implies subjective negative judgement [1].
[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=dystopia%20etymology&rct=j