We Journal #3

Corruption of Morals:

     The main goal of any government is power. The One State government wants power, and they want power that will last, without any dissent from the people. Obviously, the majority of people are citizens, and as history shows, if citizens are fired-up enough, they can overpower the government. To stop this from happening, One State instills ideas which corrupt the values we have in society today.
   First of all, there is a change in the way that people look. Everyone in the One State wears the exact same clothing. We would consider our individuality to be a value, but by taking away some individuality they begin to disintegrate jealousy among people. Such as when D discusses how some people have "button noses" while others have "classical". We still see hints of these forces, but by taking away the individuality they are lessening.
     The One State takes away any privacy, which is something many people in our society value. By constructing the society of glass, everyone is visible to everyone else, making personal privacy unimportant and suggesting that everyone should be able to judge everyone else. The government gains serious control over the people by having the ability to theoretically know exactly where they are and what they are doing.
            The government also knows exactly where they are by the table of hours which pretty much takes away all freedoms and creativity since they have to stick to the exact schedule. The government has complete control over the people and is able to stick them into a specific routine in order for them to be most productive for the government.
            Any values of love that exist today are gone in the One State. Since “any cipher has the right to any other cipher as sexual product”, it essentially allows anyone to be “registered” to anyone they want, and so again this helps take away jealousy. It takes all emotion out of relationships since you can just have whatever you want. And, your table of sex days are based on your “scientific needs” and so it takes away these emotional aspects and replaces them with cold, hard schedules. This takes away distractions that cause dissent from the government and inefficiency. Distractions such as jealousy and love and compassion.