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Oscar Wilde claims disobedience causes progress to be made.
I'm not gonna lie, he has some cold quotes. They seem extreme but even now almost two hundred years later we can see some truth in them. Although it is probable that they were more accurate to society then.
But for the prompt, I think he is only right a portion of the time. A better word should be criticism, because disobedience is more ambiguous.
However, I am going to question what he meant by progress. Did he mean progress to everyone's needs (happiness), or progress as a civilization (like advancements idk).
If the former, it makes sense that disobedience drives progress. It causes innovation and reform, which ultimately will result in more people being happy and satisfying in more people's needs.
But by the latter interpretation, I think disobedience will hinder "progress". Because we will have a bunch of people unwilling to fulfill their duty and contribute to society in order to move forward.
In a society that prioritizes advancements, there will be extreme inequality. Some people will be rich and able to live freely, while others will be poor and have to work.
If the poor people all protested to have equal money as the rich people, what would happen?
In this dystopian society, who would mine minerals and work in factories and build buildings? No one would do anything, because the people who work hard will earn the same amount of money as people who do nothing. Although this may be a little far-fetched from Wilde's original idea.
However, if the working class just decided to disobey society's laws and quit working, society as a whole would collapse, and the progress of civilization will be slowed.
If the working class were to all disobey, they might be able to spark reform and end up living by better standards, but at the expense of society's progress.
I loled! at the amoeba meme.
ReplyDeleteI liked your interesting take on disobedience because it drives some of the most controversial topics today, which I think is okay because like you said, it's how humanity makes progress.
ReplyDeleteThis was very inspiring. I liked the way you brought in Criticism as a better solution to disobedience.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you considered two different interpretations of Oscar Wilde's words. You also broke down the complexity of his words into two basic ideas. Also, I liked how you incorporated humor into your blog post this week.
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