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Dystopia 

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By definition the total opposite of a utopia often caused by the complete collapse of an attempt at creating said utopia. The primary issue with utopia is that no two people can 100% agree on everything 100% of the time. The other and much bigger issue is that some tyrannical entity (individual or group) will take control and twist it to serve only them resulting in a societal hell and the suffering of others. Sir Thomas More wrote Utopia defining both Utopia and Dystopia (a term he had coined). George Orwell's novel 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World both show what happens in a dystopian society. The common traits are dehumanization, tyranny, ecological disasters, societal collapse, and the like.
After the Russians overthrew the Czar and the Aristocracy the Communists took over and promised a utopia only for it to become a dystopian nightmare where many millions suffered and died.
Dystopia by FlarkinOverlord June 26, 2019
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dystopia 

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A bogus utopia run on propaganda; ruled by a repressive government which breaks promises, dashes the hopes of its citizens and destroys wealth.
The X party promised to turn the country into a utopia, if elected. But all they did was create a dystopia by ruining the economy, and squander the nation's resources.
dystopia by Joe Rodolico June 26, 2005

dystopia 

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The opposite of utopia. What is really occuring in this world as we speak.
Increasing use of Big Brother spy technology, political corruption, uncontrollable population growth, and the Americanization of the world are all examples of dystopia.
dystopia by AYB July 28, 2003

Dystopia 

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An authoritarian society that claims to be perfect due to forming a rigid and tight structure purging the "parts" that don't fit in.
Dystopias suck

Dystopia 

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an absolutely beautiful band with such elegant lyrics that will kiss your eardrums.
"I CALL IT TORTURE, YOU CALL IT LIFE!" lyrics from "Stress Builds Character" by Dystopia
Dystopia by BleedingEpitaph July 16, 2024

Dystopia

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A band that made sludge metal music formed in 1991 and disbanded in 2008. Their song lyrics often dealt with racial equality, drug abuse and animal rights among other things.
S: "Yeah, I listen to Dystopia, I'd consider myself somewhat of a glazer."
L: "Yeah, but Steve Lacy is so underground though!"
Dystopia by SonyBravia May 24, 2026

woke dystopia 

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The period of time after the advent of social media platforms when tens of millions of people weighed in on events that they did not personally take part in, and yet loudly expressed outrage over despite having no personal stake in the incident, often simply as a tactic to destroy a percieved political or cultural enemy, by calling for the banishing of the ‘antagonist’ in their narrative from doing any public and private business.
Joe Biden suddenly found himself in the woke dystopia.
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Striver 

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The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
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