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Elysium Essay

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Elysium is a 2013 American dystopian sci-fi thriller film written and directed by Neill Blomkamp. The film is set in year 2154, on a ravaged and poverty ridden Earth, thus many socio political and economic issues are brought forth and illustrated in an exaggerated and blatant manner. As well, it is shown that that the segregation of different classes will cause turmoil and play the fundamental catalyst in the downfall of an economy and its people. Firstly, in the beginning of the film it is already made apparent of the distinct class conflict and segregation between the two classes of rich and poor through the two different settings. The bourgeoisie are the dominant class that appear to not work and simply live lavishly on Elysium – which …show more content…

In Canada`s economy, workers who wish for improved working conditions and income, have the freedom to find and take on another job. However, in Elysium due to the scarcity of jobs and no push for a fully employed economy, workers are not given this freedom. The conditions in the factories are deplorable and workers are forced to take live-endangering risks in the fear of losing their jobs. This allows them no freedom to request for improved working conditions or search for better income jobs. In comparison with Canada, this is indicative of a restrained and depleting economy. There are no jobs or profit to be made on Earth and this results in a continuously increasing gap between rich and poor. The lack of jobs also indicates that there is so much surplus within the bourgeoisie that there will soon be no need for proletariat to serve the interests of the upper class. The fallibility of Elysium`s economic objectives are exemplified in the last few moments of the movie when the government is overthrown in a coup by Earth`s citizens who are seeking to make use of Elysium`s excess medical technology. Therefore, Elysium`s economy is revealed to have no objectives for economic freedom and employment and thus greatly contrasts with Canada`s

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