Government Essay of a Reasonable Religious Teen; A Draft and Introduction to Social Localism

Well, I already have actually. It wasn't very good. I thought the points it tried to make were null and void -you have no rights unless they are given to you -but who are they given by? God some say. Others say the government. Others say it comes from human nature itself. I don't know where it comes from, but the idea of "not-rights" and rights is ridiculous.

What's that supposed to mean? That was a depiction of a soviet style government that had much too much technology-wise.

It is not supposed to me an anything other than you would like to read 1984 or see the movie. If you already have not.

I have, I have. I wasn't sure if that was supposed to be a negative comment because, to me, that wouldn't make any sense when that is the opposite of what I was proposing.

The movie suggestions are not meant to be a response to the specifics of your essay. I have often thought along the same lines as you; To bring citizens down to 0 and then re-define social expectations, thereby re-defining pleasure and pain. But maybe 1984 is not so different. Both your model and 1984's could be said to reach a similar goal in different ways. Both models serve as examples for social control. Both models lower competition.