If I Could Choose Everything In The Giver

It would be much safer if the government had chosen everything for our daily lives, every aspect of everything, but it would be really weird. The government would go mad with power and all war would break loose. People who had to follow the same rules their whole lives would purge the streets, causing whatever kind of mayhem that they please. There would be no limit. Life is better off if the citizens get to make their own free choices, but still rule under the government’s ruling. The government should leave most of the decisions up to the people, and make the really big, important decisions. But if society chose everything for us and somehow it all worked out, there would be a few things that I would be glad are gone. For example, after everyone got used to the idea of being brainwashed by the federal government, maybe the crime rate would go down. Also, with everyone on a strict eating schedule, obesity would be swept off the face of the Earth. And, for example of how in The Giver everyone rode bikes around instead of cars, and there were no big factories, pollution would never be a problem. Also, how in The
Politics, for example, would be something that I would miss ranting about. Unfortunately, in a perfect world there would be no politics. In a perfect world, there would be no ranting, because there would be nothing to rant about. I don’t think there would be any television, because they would want everybody to be in perfect shape. In The Giver, they have this thing where they talk about their day and they cannot hide any details. That would be awful. I hate hearing people talk about their day, and I would die if I had to share every aspect of what I did that particular day. Even with all of the problems that I like to complain about, the government would take our will to live. They would own us, and we wouldn’t be able to make choices of our