How We Compare

"My mouth goes dry. No factions?  World in which no one knows who they are or where they fit? I can't even fathom it. I imagine only chaos and isolation."

     This isn't far from the truth. In today's world we have so many issues with other countries over power and knowledge. Without having all of the factions there's an unbalanced system. It seems as if Erudite is taking control considering they have both of these things. If we were all equal now, we wouldn't be having wars and conflicts with others. I think that there will never be a perfect society and now Tris is seeing that what she thought was perfect, isn't. What she thinks is a place of chaos, is the way we run our world. I think the only 'faction' we have is the factionless. There are plenty of places that don't have food and are surviving off the bare minimum. Everywhere has problems especially in the case of trying to run everything how people want it.
     If Tris lived without factions I think she would have a lot less stress. She's so worried about being Divergent because they are targeted more than anyone else. If she was in today's world she would be a lot less cautious. Obviously they haven't had to live in any other system of power considering she acts like she'll pass out if factions were revoked. It's interesting how we get so used to how our government runs we feel bad for places that have a different system. For example we have a democracy and we learn about how fantastic our government is. Also how other forms of government have too many flaws to be for us. That's how Tris is judging a world with no factions.