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“I never thought it would get this bad. I never thought the Reestablishment would take things so far. They're incinerating culture, the beauty of diversity. The new citizens of our world will be reduced to nothing but numbers, easily interchangeable, easily removable, easily destroyed for disobedience, we have lost our humanity.” (Quoted by Tahereh Mafi). America is in the state of deterioration, due to the obliviousness of the majority turning a blind eye to the individuals of advanced social standing, such as our government and industrial leaders. By allowing them to seize power and mislead the mass, whether or not it partakes to a positive or negative effect on the common man; which we are allowing do what they please. Where American society at its present state is not that distant from becoming a dystopia, through the use of excessive surveillance, manipulation of media and informative resources, emphasis on appearance rather than substance of candidacy, and the technical evasive pursuit of medicinal breakthroughs in addition to the perquisites of social status. Throughout history, there has been always a form of supervision or social order to “protect” its affiliates and maintain its stability and security; it has taken numerous forms such as monarchies, dictatorships, socialism, and democracy. Where the bodied order takes precautions from internal and external threats by generating a structure of refuge from its subordinates and its current era of expertise. As time has passed over the centuries, innovative minds have begun to cultivate new methods and devices in favor of the stronger party at hand; with upcoming machinery such as: workstations, and aviation technology of the like. By means of speaking on behalf of American... ... middle of paper ... ...2014. "Organ Transplantation: The Process." Organdonor.gov | Welcome to Organdonor.gov. U.S. Government Information on Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation, n.d. Web. 02 Apr. 2014. Park, Alice. "Scientists Report First Success in Cloning Human Stem Cells." CNN. Cable News Network, 16 May 2013. Web. 01 Apr. 2014. Shah, Anup. "Media Manipulation." Global Issues Social, Political, Economic and Environmental Issues That Affect Us All. N.p., 17 Apr. 2006. Web. 02 Apr. 2014. "The Kennedy-Nixon Debates." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 01 Apr. 2014. The National Kidney Foundation: News. N.p., 08 Jan. 2013. Web. 30 Mar. 2014. Washington Post. “Mad Money: TV ads in the 2012 presidential campaign”, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2014. "Wiretap Report 2012." USCOURTSGOV RSS. Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Dec.-Jan. 2012. Web. 02 Apr. 2014.

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