I've often heard the matter raised; 'How truly wondrous would a world without personal bias and judgement be?' Most generally as a rhetorical question. Proposed as kindling for a prattling conversation which inevitably leads to the ultimatum of agreeing, or facing a social stigmata.
Now, mind you, I haven't come here, nor begun writting this, to construct the basis of a discussion of judgement. And I most certainly will not conclude as such! That's a different matter in and of itself.
Rather, such a conversation as I have formerly mentioned led me to thinking, what would a world of utter and complete segregation result in? A world of people separated by age, religion, race, sex.
Absurd? Morally reprehensive? Try to be objective though, and ask yourselves:
• In a world that segregated and treated everybody in the exact same way, would Ageism, Sexism, Racism, or religious hated exist?
• With the lacking of prejudice by age, sex, race, etcetera. . . Would prejudice of other things arise? For example, hair color, height, personal opinions.
• What sorts of crimes would be more common place? Which less so?
• How would the arts evolve? Think, painting, architecture, sculpture, music, etcetera.
• What would the state of peace and war be²? Would the world be more tranquil, or tumultuous?
• Psychologically, how would this effect the populous?
• Would such a state of life last, or would people in the same niche as M.L.K come forth to re-establish unity?
Obviously there are quite a few ways this conversation could go, so feel free to further on any of these, to help fan the flames of hopefully intellectual discussion. Also, each of us have different viewpoints, some people may be more interested in the state of Society, and others the state of Media. Politics or Art, Literature or even the environment¹, don't be afraid to bring want you have or are inclined to, to the discussion.
Happy debating.
(¹Yes, the environment would totally be affected by that!)
(²To clarify, seperate governments could (probably) not exist in this sort of situation, so what I'm asking here is both what the state of violence would be, and if the world would rebel against itself and the general state.)
Disclaimer:
Now, it's plain to comprehend that such a situation is substantially unlikely, and I eerily feel the need to spell out the fact of my personal disagreement in the sentiment of what this thread pertains to. So, to majorly simplify this for D&D's. . . Um. . . Slower. . . Denizens. . . I only started this topic as I thought it would be an interesting topic to discuss. Cool yo' beans. [/disclaimer]
Now, mind you, I haven't come here, nor begun writting this, to construct the basis of a discussion of judgement. And I most certainly will not conclude as such! That's a different matter in and of itself.
Rather, such a conversation as I have formerly mentioned led me to thinking, what would a world of utter and complete segregation result in? A world of people separated by age, religion, race, sex.
Absurd? Morally reprehensive? Try to be objective though, and ask yourselves:
• In a world that segregated and treated everybody in the exact same way, would Ageism, Sexism, Racism, or religious hated exist?
• With the lacking of prejudice by age, sex, race, etcetera. . . Would prejudice of other things arise? For example, hair color, height, personal opinions.
• What sorts of crimes would be more common place? Which less so?
• How would the arts evolve? Think, painting, architecture, sculpture, music, etcetera.
• What would the state of peace and war be²? Would the world be more tranquil, or tumultuous?
• Psychologically, how would this effect the populous?
• Would such a state of life last, or would people in the same niche as M.L.K come forth to re-establish unity?
Obviously there are quite a few ways this conversation could go, so feel free to further on any of these, to help fan the flames of hopefully intellectual discussion. Also, each of us have different viewpoints, some people may be more interested in the state of Society, and others the state of Media. Politics or Art, Literature or even the environment¹, don't be afraid to bring want you have or are inclined to, to the discussion.
Happy debating.
(¹Yes, the environment would totally be affected by that!)
(²To clarify, seperate governments could (probably) not exist in this sort of situation, so what I'm asking here is both what the state of violence would be, and if the world would rebel against itself and the general state.)
Disclaimer:
Spoiler:
Now, it's plain to comprehend that such a situation is substantially unlikely, and I eerily feel the need to spell out the fact of my personal disagreement in the sentiment of what this thread pertains to. So, to majorly simplify this for D&D's. . . Um. . . Slower. . . Denizens. . . I only started this topic as I thought it would be an interesting topic to discuss. Cool yo' beans. [/disclaimer]
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