Analysis of the institutions required for a perfect society will only uncover more evidence that a utopia is nothing more than paradox. Beyond paradox, we can also elaborate on the necessity for the transformation of human culture if we are to efficiently progress towards utopianism. In order to create a situation in which humanity can not only sustain itself but also thrive while coexisting amongst everyone without outbursts of aggression and nonconformity, we must abandon our modern mentalities and cultures. As Rothstein states “inner life must shrink, deferring to the material world. All dark desires, untamable impulses, ambivalent feelings, and rabid thoughts would then be considered not as inescapable products of the human mind but as …show more content…
Popular 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still demonstrated a potential solution for humanities conflict during its final monologue, where alien Klaatu offered humanity the option of joining an interplanetary federation that had abolished aggression. In an agreement that violence was moving nothing forward, the aliens had engineered a robot army acting as enforcers of the law. Acting under no external rule, the enforcing army was to act against any signs of aggression, dealing the accused the penalty of death. Klaatu claims his society isn’t perfect but it holds utopian aspects. I would instead argue that a rule by fear is not a solution that would work for America if implemented abruptly. Crime would cease out of fear of death, but humanity does not possess the correct culture to adapt to that and handle issues amongst each other without violence. Issues would arise, but solutions would not meet them. Another popular more recent film Independence Day is debated to be an answer to Klaatu’s question, as humanity does not join the federation but ventures into space, landing on the moon. An alien swarm attempts to eradicate humanity, but the collaboration of all nations saves humanity. I believe this to be humanities hope. An apocalyptic event that forces nations to set aside their differences and create a unified world. It would in no sense be perfect, but a step towards utopian ideals. After that, it would take time and internationally agreed upon laws, along with a shifting human culture to bring us closer to
it should be learnt that the search for „utopia‟ is a contemplative one, and can never be
The authors therefor saw the ‘utopian’ societies to be a trap for weak minded publics, and that once in place, such systems would be able to perpetuate indefinitely due to the efficiency at which they protect and propagate themselves. Through fear, diversion and sedation the utopia can maintain a strong grip on the people it encompasses before anyone realizes the sacrifices made. The popularity of these books does rule out the possibility of such a society coming into existence in the future, however. The state of people is not about to change, and their ignorance will continue regardless of the harshness of the wake up calls issued.
I think if we were ever going to live in a perfect world, we all have to start working together for peace. For a world with no violence, a world with no crime, a place ridden with everything bad.
Historically, fear has been used to control populations. For example, asearly as the 1700s, white men controlled black slaves through the fear of being killed. During slave days, in the South, the ratio was nine blacks to every white person (Nash and Graves 213). When Nat Turner, a black slave, finally revolted, the United States government responded by sending the army with tanks and guns to resist the black men. The reaction of the whites imbedded the fearof revolts within the slaves. The blacks could have successfully revolted, but were controlled by the fear of the powerful white man. The white man held the power and con...
Undoubtedly, the thought of living in, or forming a utopian society has flashed through nearly every person’s mind. A few people have even tried to make this ideal dream society a reality. Unfortunately, within the pursuit of these societies the leaders become corrupt and begin to become paranoid with the fear of rebellion. Hundreds of people were murdered during the reigns of Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin in what they considered measures to maintain peace and stability within their respective “perfect” society. One must also consider the hardships that the citizens were forced to endure while living under these oppressive governments.
In addition, the Cold War is what brought this fear. Elaine Tyler May says that it has become an obsession to gain security. She says that because of fear, movements, such as feminism and black equality, prevented these individuals from being fully accepted into society as equals. I believe that fear has only distracted America from these movements of becoming fully successful. The article also refers to America being less of a democracy by citizens refusing to have faith in their government and refusing to trust one another. Reputedly, fear is what shaped America the way it is
In order to preserve the structure of humanity, people must have freedom of expression, free will, and equality. Any attempt to create an utopia must respect, honor, and nourish these human needs; for without them the society will eventually become a dystopia. An analysis of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Giver by Lois Lowry, proves that any social structure that hopes to achieve utopia must insure that the citizens have their basic needs met, opportunities to pursue personal goals and dreams, and freedom to be unique.
Our fascination with utopias stems from our attraction to and pursuit of progress within our own society. We study utopias with the hope that our society will someday evolve into one. But what often goes unnoticed is that if our society improves enough to become utopian, it won't be able to improve any longer. Hence, it will be rigid and unchanging, the complete opposite of what it was as it evolved to its elevated state. This is an awful truth for us because we place value and virtue in the ideas of desire and progress. Our reason tells us: once in an ideal land, desire cannot simply cease to be, because desire is part of our human nature. And our reason is right. An ideal society should accentuate our human nature, not suppress it. As we desire a perfect society we know that a perfect could not exist without our desire. And as long as we desire, we hope for progress. The idea that an utopia wouldn't allow such progress to occur is enough to make us stop believing in utop...
American political culture emphasizes the values of liberty, equality, and democracy. Most of America’s debating is not over whether these issues are important, but how to best go about achieving these ideas. American’s define liberty as freedom, but America believes that liberty should be contained on some levels so they can create a stable society. The definition of freedom is that we can do whatever we want, as long as we do not affect another person’s freedom. American’s want to be able to do what they want, while not affecting someone else. So some rules are set to protect people and create a stable society.
A Perfect Community Have you ever thought of living in a perfect world. A utopian society is a community that has nearly perfect qualities. A utopian society is hard or even impossible to create, you would need to have everyone be the same and everything would have to be perfect. Many people believe that a utopia is a livable and better environment than a unperfect world, other people will disagree and they prefer the world lived in today.
In the nineteenth century, man believed in the perfectibility of mankind and in the real possibility of an ultimate utopia, a time when man could all live together in peace. However, the events of the twentieth century have weakened that belief. Both cold and hot wars have followed each other in succession. Revolutions and civil wars have taken place and totalitarianism has become a fact that can hardly be ignored. Therefore, the modern age has become a time in which more anti-utopias have been envisioned than ever before.
For the past hundred years, people have been trying to develop this ideal society in which everything was perfect. Throughout those years, we can conclude that each of them came to the realization that it simply wasn’t possible. To this day there are societies in which they still believe they can develop this perfect society but what they don’t know is that every Utopia is a Dystopia in disguise and therefore unobtainable. Everyone likes this idea of a perfect society, in fact who wouldn’t want to live somewhere where everything is perfect. But this whole idea of perfect society is all wrong.
Imagine a world where there are no crimes at all, where there are no personal possessions, and where religions are practiced everywhere - the “perfect” Utopian society, essentially. The general purpose of this society was so that “Man could live with his fellow Man and find personal fulfillment without doing harm to others.” It’s almost a given that this Utopian concept has been deemed as mankind’s ideal world, thus it having been sought after so fervently. With that so, it’s almost a foreign idea that perhaps, the concept of a Utopian society given could prove not to be as perfect or ideal as thought - perhaps, it could be self-destructive in itself, a non-permanent society. Yet, the question remains: how exactly is that possible?
A utopia does not necessarily need to be absolutely perfect to be accepted by all the people. For example, in Brave New World, John says, “But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want
The need for a one-world government is clear because there are already existing grouping of states such as the Pan Africa to combat the social issues that happen in African countries. The existence of states working together to meet a common goal has become a popular form to solve problems within different states. The one world government would merely serve as an enforcer to make sure that states do not break contacts.