Article created by: PCW10101
Society is a complex web of norms and beliefs that shape our lives. However, it is not always a perfect system, and there are problems that fundamentally undermine individuals’ well-being and human rights. These issues can manifest themselves in a variety of ways, ranging from systemic inequalities and discrimination to oppressive practices and restrictions on personal freedoms.
Thinking about that, I wanted to ask the Bored Panda community what they think is fundamentally wrong with society and restricts their human rights, hence “Tell me you are living in a dystopian nightmare without telling me you are living in a dystopian nightmare”. Scroll down to read the answers!
#1
#4
I live in a country where two out of the last four presidents got into office by losing the popular vote.
#5
There are women in some parts of my country who still have to get permission from their boyfriends or husbands to get birth control. They also have to fight with pharmacists who are religiously opposed to it to get birth control. And they sometimes have been denied life-improving surgery to have hysterectomies because- whether the woman wants children or not- the doctor doesn’t agree with her not having children.
I live in the US.
#7
The American dream is a lie the rich tell to convince people to work till they die and never actually reach their goals. The moment an accident happens, you lose everything and you’re told you didn’t try hard enough.
#8
Still having to go to work when you’re really sick if you want to get paid to have a roof over your head and cope with the high costs of living.
#10
The majority of the world is at the mercy of four world leaders who are certifiably mad or who head up autocratic or oligarchic states with nuclear weapons, and we could all be annihilated in a minute if one of them gets sick of playing “Risk” with the others. Wish the entire world would just stand up to these bullies and ostracize them into oblivion.
#11
Having to have multiple roommates as an adult because we can’t afford our own places (and we all have at least one full time job!) I love it here.
#12
Can’t get disability funding without trying all treatments first. Can’t get treatments first without funding.
#13
I work to try and ensure residents can live without choosing between eating food and heating their homes. I live in a rich country.
#14
George Orwell’s fabulous book ‘1984’ is no longer fiction but a commentary.
#16
There is a literal war going on in the civilized world, literally one country away from where I live. If the media doesn’t cover it, nobody cares.
#17
When I grow up I’ll never pay off college debt and will live in a crappy house (if I’m lucky) because it’s all I can afford.
#18
I make six figures but live paycheck to paycheck, can’t afford a decent 3 BR house without being house poor (I need it as I work from home) and have $130k in student debt owed to the federal government that I will never be able to pay off.
#19
I don’t go to the ER because the last time was 8k. People divorce to receive care facilities since it is 20-40k a month
