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> Does it make sense, in a world like the one in Gattaca, for a person that is part of a discriminated class, to go into space, instead of trying to change the
by chordalkeyboard 4y ago
> Does it make sense, in a world like the one in Gattaca, for a person that is part of a discriminated class, to go into space, instead of trying to change the society around him to be less discriminatory?
Yes, it absolutely makes sense for one lone individual to pursue self-actualization against the odds rather than embark on a crusade to remake the world around him against even greater odds.
- naasking 4y agoMoreover, systemic change results from lots of stories like this piling up, proving that the underlying narrative driving the discrimination was always false.