Post 6

Topic 1: Personally, I don’t think that our government will ever reach the level of dictatorship that was present in V for Vendetta. I feel this way for a couple of reasons. For one, because of our current government’s checks and balances, I think it will be impossible for this to come about. With the division of power between the three branches, it allows them to monitor each other to prevent this from happening. Another reason why I think our government will never become a dictatorship is because of what the American people are use to. We have always been a free country and enjoyed our individual freedom and I don’t feel that the people of America would allow this to be taken away.

Topic 2: I think for our society to become one like that in Rand’s novel, Anthem, our people would have to become completely dependant on government. Rather than depend on the free enterprise system, we would turn to the government for things such as food, health care, and jobs much like the people did in Anthem. However, in my opinion, I don’t feel that this is realistic. Just as I said in the above post, I don’t think the people of America will ever allow this to happen. Nonetheless, if any of the two were more likely to occur, that of V or Anthem, I would probably say that our society is more likely to become one like that in Anthem. Because of the system we have in place, I feel like the government would take control before they would allow one person to dictate everyone.