What is a Utopia? By definition, a utopia is any visionary system of political or social perfection. To many this is interpreted very differently. A utopia can only truly be perfect to the perspective of the person envisioning it. For example, Sir Thomas Moore’s version of what a utopia consists of is not the same as that of mine, mostly because his was written in the classic Utopia a couple hundred years ago.
Sir Thomas Moore believed that the concept of utopia is essentially the idea that a perfect society needs to be based off of any idea that prevents conflict, specifically keeping all of those busy with work. My concept of a utopia is very similar to that of Sir Moore. In my opinion, it is impossible to achieve a utopia, but if it were to happen everyone would be equal at birth and stay equal throughout their lives. The economy would be based off a barter system, so no one man, woman, or child has more money than the next, just skills to trade. Next every child and young adult is required to attend primary and secondary educational schools, but tuition is free. Officials will be unknowingly elected by the people. This means the people will elect the man who is, in their opinion, the fairest, except this man will not know he is running for office. I feel the distribution of wealth, power, and busyness would lead to a perfect, functional society.
Unfortunately, I feel it is impossible to achieve this “perfect world.” The main reasoning being, the human natural sense of emotion affecting judgment. The human trait of emotion often times clouds our judgment especially with the emotions of anger and sadness. Many of times this is the leading cause to conflict and great example of this are the acts of war between the Soviet Union, Middle East, and United States.
