Pros And Cons Of A Utopian Society

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“Is utopia attainable?” This age-old question has caused an alarm in philosophers for millennia. Some argue that utopia can be achieved if we get the right dictators in charge while others contend that the presence of humans will never allow that vision come true. I will argue that utopia can never be accomplished because life on earth is dependent on hierarchy, and also the idea of utopian society conflicts people’s competing desires.
The factual meaning of the word utopia openly justifies that the quest for a perfect world is impossibility because it literally means no place. An absolute equality is a must in order to achieve utopian society. However, imagine a world where everyone is the same; no president, no boss, no management, no school …show more content…

Six billion people, if not more, with different religions, cultures, and goals are the denizens of the world. To say that utopian society will be achieved will mean that six billion people will come under the control of one government. How come will people with completely different backgrounds will come into consensus and form one government? It will theoretically take more years than your head can imagine for humans to come and live under the dominion of one government. The longtime conflict between Israel and Palestine that has long shaped the lives of thousands of people would’ve already come to an end, and Somali people would’ve lived in tranquility if we humans are capable of the foundation of a worldwide government. If I were to convey the essence of mankind in one word it would be greediness. Self-indulgence is by nature deeply imbedded in the genes of every single one of us, and there is only one way to get rid of it in order to achieve utopia: the eradication of people. But the question remains how? Pretend that we find one human being who is capable of exterminating people, not only people but also including their footsteps. When that person finishes killing all of us, he, a human being with greediness in his genes, will inevitably remain alive. The growth of humans will restart from there, and the cycle will return to its original place. So just to be curious, what

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