Sacrifices

"' He's done it all-all of this. Look at it! Celebrate if you still feel like cheering! He gave us what we wanted-our peace, our prosperity, this giant monument to all things great and glorious! All it cost was a few Galrezi lives. He said it was all for the best, that good would come of it. Yeah, like the ends justified the means, Daddy.'" (410-411.Adlington)

This all relates to the government needing to live in a Utopian world. Every Utopian world must sacrifice something to "perfect" a society. Unfortunately, whatever the government chooses to give up for the dystopian world is usually something really important. like their life or freedom. Based on all the Utopian stories I have read, there are always dystopian protagonist fighting their way from the government to expose the reality of the "perfect" world. In this quote, the figurehead's son is revealing his dad's horrific actions to have "peace" in the New Frontier. The action to get rid of a certain race to form a greater and more peaceful world reminds me of the Holocaust, with Hitler's attempt to kill all the Jews in order for a "stronger" Germany. This concept was always the wrong approach and unacceptable to think that killing will lead to some kind of peace. Most of the time, the people living in the society aren't aware of what the government are doing to maintain peace. Killing innocent people for someone's wanting is self-centered and morally wrong. Luckily, there are many people who see this philosophy as improper. This makes us question, what has the government done behind or backs to maintain a good society? Have they ever killed innocents for the sake of their people? Or is it okay for us to sacrifice a few for the thousands of people that want a better life? Personally, the concept of even kill one innocent for a Utopian world is unacceptable and useless, because in Utopian societies there are people that are always miserable. It is impossible to have everyone satisfied with what the world. So there is no point in killing anyone if not every single person will be happy with how the world is functioning.