Different Political Styles
What are their ideologies and how would they work on the island setting.
DiCtatorship (N. Korea)
- Leader: Kim Jong Un
- some would say mentally ill
- is "God"
- all must obey and worship
- no one can challenge
- strong military force
- Nation is "perfectly happy"
- nuclear threat
What would Kim Jong Un do on an island?
- Would be take form as Simon or Jack
- all must bow and worship leader
- have a strong hunting force
- mandatory hunting or defense service
- would deny rescue if it were to come
- threaten outsiders of the island to warfare,
but never go through with it
Communism
- government owns all
- everyone equal (classless)
- equal pay, resources, social services
- must work (work driven state)
- Utopia
- one party system (Communist Party only)
- cannot "earn more" than others
SamnEric Party
- no matter who you vote for, you get the same government anyway
- Samneric own all
- all get equal shelter, food, water, etc.
- all resources pooled together and distributed
- no biguns and littluns class system
- all must work
- Island Utopia
Democracy
- vote for a representative
- supposed to meet needs of the majority
- people have the power
- can call a vote of non confidence
- often corrupt
Vote for....
- Boys find that Ralph is best and vote for him
- later on do not like him
- vote of non confidence and Jack becomes new leader
- Jack becomes corrupt and abuses his power to take over the island
Social state
- less extreme communism
- social services are government owned (health care, school, etc)
- still allows free market
- luxuries are earned not given
Social state On an island
- basic shelter, food, water, clothing provided to all
- luxuries like good food, a big shelter, that pretty grass skirt you've been eyeing on all must be earned through hard work.
American Capitalism
- must work for personal benefit
- if rich you deserve it, poor means you are lazy
- competition is good for economy
- goal is to earn as much money as possible even at the expense of others.
- you have "succeeded" if achieve a monopoly
- society run on consumer demand
Island Capitalism
- have a made up currency like shells to buy and sell products and services
- Jack and crew are the pig hunting services
- Piggy would be the fire starter service man
- Samneric would be personal servants
- some kids' businesses will fail, while some flourish.
Monarchy
- King or Queen absolute power
- power is inherited
- dictator like power
Who WOuld be King?
- Which boy would most likely be husband or boyfriend material thus able to marry a queen and become king?
- Ralph: hottest boy in the group, decent leader, BRITISH
- Jack: most dictator like, "bad boy" and BRITISH
- Piggy: cute, chubby, and BRITISH
Anarchy
- no strict form of government
- rules if there is any are not enforced
- disorganization
- everyone is either solo or form their own small groups
- violence could easily break out
- So........ exactly what happened on the island
TWitch PLAYS POkemon
- thousands people watching a live stream of Pokemon were able to type in commands to control the character
- players had the option to choose to play democratically or anarchically
- somehow with thousands of people controlling one character they beat the game
- shows that everything will work out in the end
- events in the game create a story made up by the fans
- fans made a religion and worship the Mighty Helix Fossil
Class Plays Lord of the Flies
- We control Simon or Ralph
- each member of the class can shout out commands to tell the main character what to do
- the class collectively can choose the to democratically or be an anarchy
