Utopias Are Impossible Research Paper

781 Words2 Pages

Will perfection ever be possible or is it just a concept that we have not yet decided will never be possible? Over time, people have tried to come up with a plan to make perfection possible in ¨worlds¨. These ¨worlds¨ are called utopias. Utopias sound like a beautiful environment where equality is everywhere. Except, there is more to utopias than equality. Utopias do not just have perfection or equality, the people therefore are just as perfect. In utopias, the people share everything and are united together, making their society benefit. Over the years, utopias have been built that still exist to today, unfortunately the majority of utopias built in all, have failed causing utopias to be impossible. Consequently, utopias are impossible because of poisonous power grabs, the disturbing requirements to be a part of …show more content…

Furthermore, the idea of equality seems great for everyone, but when it comes to the government/leadership equality no longer matters. An example of this is in the article ¨Why Utopias Fail¨ it says, ¨The long series of failed experiments yields some interesting lessons...intenibal power grabs are even more poisonous to utopian dreams than external threats.¨ This evidence speaks of the flaws of the utopias and why consequently the collapse was their fault. The context takes a look back on past utopias and how controlling they were. The text means that for a society to truly be the definition of ¨perfect¨, the people in the society have to be equal in power. This text matters because it proves that the foundation of a utopia is not sturdy or strong. The article shows how people do not want to be equal sometimes, because people want power no matter what. Uniquely, this is only one of the many ways why a utopia is not possible. Another reason is based on the people in the utopia and the requirements needed for some of theses ¨perfect¨ worlds, that many may find disturbing. (Paragraph 9, page

More about Utopias Are Impossible Research Paper

Open Document