The Serious Long-Term Danger Of Limiting Knowledge And Memory

(MIP-3) Even though it is a short term answer, limiting knowledge and memory will ruin any society. (SIP-A) When the citizens have limited knowledge and memory, they cannot help out in a serious crisis that is going on around the country, and the government is essentially running the country by themselves. (STEWE-1) In this society, there is a serious war going on, and no one really cares. People partially understand that the war is going on, but they do not care at all, because they are selfish and only care about what they want. This is the serious long-term danger of controlling knowledge and memory. It causes people to become selfish and lazy, and that is horrible for a society in the long term. Most every good society takes some sort of
(STEWE-2) Limiting the knowledge and memory of the citizens is a horrible idea in the long term, because the citizens are useless in the society. Yes, the government has total control of their society, but more arguing and thinking leads to ideas, and ideas can save any society. This society did not have any ideas, because no one in this society thinks, because their knowledge and memory are being controlled completely by the government. In the long term, this society was ruined by the decision to limit the knowledge and memory of the citizens. Nobody saw the collapse of the society coming, because people were too busy caring about themselves. “‘It's flat,’ he said, a long time later. ‘City looks like a heap of baking-powder. It's gone.’ And a long time after that. ‘I wonder how many knew it was coming? I wonder how many were surprised?’” ( 155). The city was completely destroyed, and no one saw it coming. This is why controlling the knowledge and memory of the citizens is a bad idea. In the short term, it might give the government more
There is no punishment for murder, so everyone does it. People genuinely enjoy killing animals, it is a way to pass the time. This sort of behavior will easily ruin any society in the long-term if it is not punished or corrected. People do not have the knowledge to understand that murdering is bad, so they do it. When Clarisse is talking to Guy about her school, she mentioned how she was scared there because of the violent nature of this society. "’Sometimes I'm ancient. I'm afraid of children my own age. They kill each other. Did it always used to be that way? My uncle says no. Six of my friends have been shot in the last year alone. Ten of them died in car wrecks. I'm afraid of them and they don't like me because I'm afraid. My uncle says his grandfather remembered when children didn't kill each other. But that was a long time ago when they had things different.’” ( 27). If everyone goes around murdering each other without consequence, the society will surely be ruined in the long term. (STEWE-2) Parents in this society are naturally resentful towards their children, because of the fact that they do not have the knowledge and memory to keep a normal