One good thing in the dystopia is...

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Kollega

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So yeah... at some point, significant portion of planet Earth, or even all of it, has become an Orwellian dictatorship - for one reason or other. Congrats on that.

The point is, you're stuck in this place, and it kinda sucks: it's grey, opressive, and generally not too comfy. And worst of all, trains still don't run on time. But there is one redeeming feature that cancels out all the negative... what is that feature? Just two rules: it cannot be some sort of privelege reserved only for you, and either mandatory or a stylistic element (uniforms, propaganda, etc.) It can, however, be something completely nonsensical. I'd also like to ask you to keep loophole abuse to a minimum - but you're not gonna listen, are you?

For me, the thing that excuses the existence of the bleak Orwellian dystopia would be either:

A) Lombax statues everywhere, for whatever improbable reason, or
B) the country using Hell March (any of them, or any derivation thereof) as a national anthem.

And oh, a preemptive disclaimer: yes Demented Teddy, i know you don't need anything from a fascist state besides it's existence. But this ideological stance is rather uncommon, so i ask people what "nifty little benefit" they'd like to find in such a place. And i've made this thread for laughs anyway.
 

tomtom94

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Pink uniforms. Because our dictator is Gok Wan. (Can't you see? It's in his eyes...)
 

vallorn

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A)Guns are legal but can be remotly disabled/tracked by police.
B)Warhammer (both of them) is the national hobby and Football(soccer) is illegal. >:)

i could quite happily live in a distopia like that.
 

Valkyrie101

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Lots of big impressive buildings and statues, nice black uniforms and Manowar's Today is a Good Day to Die as the anthem.
 

Rakkana

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We all get forced to have wings implanted on our backs! A race of angels. Nothing cooler than that.
 

Totenkopf

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The good thing for me?

I have a great future in the paramilitary secret police of that state :)

(That's not a privilege, it's an attitude)

edit: Also, uniforms and clean streets.
 
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Most likely the forced drug euphoria making everyone less annoying
and maybe the police that will be removing all those pointless people we find annoying.
 

Kollega

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Cuddly Razor said:
A nice thing: we wouldn't be unhappy. It would eventually become our norm because we as humans are able to adapt in a Sisyphus-like manner and enjoy our situation.

Quite simply, we wouldn't know any better.
Well, i imagine that for Lombax statues or Hell March to completely excuse an opressive dictatorship, we would indeed have to adapt.
 

Wardnath

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Furburt said:
Right, world's under Orwellian dictatorship, gotcha.

Well, a nice thing... I suppose it would be nice if we all regressed to those 30's and 40's car designs. They're so purty.

Also, universal fast broadband. Sure, we wouldn't be able to use it for much, but it would be better than what I've currently got.
Speak for yourself.

OT: I suppose that they'd actually get shit done.
 

P47R1CK

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Suki the Cat said:
THEAFRONINJA said:
I could join a resistance force (c'mon, there will be one) and feel like a badass. Until I get shot.
Sign me up...
If this is Orwellian though, you'd be convinced your actions were wrong before you were shot :p