Many people try to picture an ideal world free of war, poverty, and crime, and this longing isn’t rare. It shows up across philosophy, faith, and communal experiments throughout human history, and has become a crucial tenet of what people aspire for.
Paradise has long been a dream of mankind, but literature and storytelling have also dived into the direct opposite by asking one simple question: what would hell on Earth look like?
Click on to see how a dystopia can act as a cautionary tale of why humanity cannot (and should not) be controlled.