a utopia is a paradise in which all that live in that paradise live in comfort without suffering or worry, a paradise could also be seen as somewhere where all people are treated equally with out greed, crime or any form of someone ruling over the population.
the problem with this is quite simple, for there to be a race of people that all live together without fighting or having to work hard there are going to have to be a few things running the show from behind the scenes.
- first all people in this paradise are going to have the same views or views that don't go against each other, this means disposing of anyone who has different views to the majority or is unpleasant on the eyes, the reason i have added this statement is because anyone who is unpleasant on the eyes is going to be pushed out slightly no matter how much excepting people are and due to this they may become hateful towards others. (eg: an example of racial/ view/ genetic purification to create a Utopia would be the nazis who exterminated anyone who got in their way of perfection)
- the second problem is someones got to be doing all the hard work around the Utopia, in the Utopias we looked at in class allot of them involved having slaves to do all of the work, i personally see a problem with a equal society that allows slavery however some people might argue the point about dominance and submissive personality but my point still stands as everyone is not equal.
- the third problem is how will problems be sorted out if they arise, for this you will need some kind of leader who takes charge of the situation, this gives that individual power and runs the risk of with power comes corruption.
- finally every ones idea of a Utopia is different, for example my idea of a Utopia is where everyone isnt judged at first glace but on the other hand someone else's Utopia might be a grammar nazi filled world where every ones grammar is perfect.
what is a Dystopia?
a Dystopia is chaos and the opposite of a Utopia, in a dystopia everything is corrupt and no matter how much you try or how hard you work it will all come to nothing, however certain kinds of people thrive in a dystopia (people with lack of conscience)
allot of dystopias come from fallen Utopias where the idea has been over thrown and fallen into chaos, in my person opinion this world will fall into dystopia if we keep looking at the things that are different between us instead of looking at what is the same, personally i think this isnt just human nature and more human stupidity and unwillingness to except.
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