Utopia or Dystopia?
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189793)
Boise, Idaho
March 19, 2016 8:02pm CST
Near perfect qualities or less than? What is a perfect society? Could we really survive curturally in a dystopia? Is the social philosopher Sir Thomas More's fictional outlook in his book "Utopia" realistic? Do you think there is a perfect soicety? What privileges should a community have?
I think the set up of Utopia is idiotic. Several households of adults which are redistributed to keep them even. The capitol is right in the middle of the island. Boring! Having no private property may relieve any neighbor problems but was of building a life and family homes? All citizens wear the same type of clothes. Boring! Slavery is a part of Utopia although some are relieved for good behavior. Community dining halls, kids wear jewels, if you do something wrong you are inslaved, all religions are tolerant of one another, women are restricted to household tasks only, and private gatherings are non-existent. So basically you live in a communal existance with very little privacy or individuality. What a boring and imperfect life!
Your thoughts.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
20 Mar 16
I would not like to live in such a place.
I have seen shows on tv, I know its tv, but that show Whispering Pines was something like that.
Oh no, what a place!
I am afraid I would not survive it. I would rebel.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Mar 16
I think a lot of people would. But, what if we didn't know of anything else? I wonder.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
20 Mar 16
@celticeagle Well if we didnt know I guess we would just have to go along with it. Although it makes you think if a few people might get the inkling that there was something else besides what they know and might start to do something yeah it is a thought.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Mar 16
@TiarasOceanView ...There was Star Trek episode about this very thing. A Utopian society. After the visit fomr the Enterprise things and people began to change. They wanted to go beyond their world which they had never done before.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Mar 16
I see the point, I mean, trying to be sure everyone is healthy and taken care of, keeping it organized, but no, that;s not utopia, that's hell.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Mar 16
I never saw what the hippies saw in communal living anyway. I enjoy privacy and individual decision making.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Mar 16
@celticeagle I could see some of it, to a point, but I'd still need my own space and no one telling me who I was living with
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
20 Mar 16
I doubt that will ever happen in reality.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Mar 16
I didn't say it ever would either. I was asking what you thought of the concept.
@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
20 Mar 16
@celticeagle It is a quaint idea but sadly I do not think it would ever work!
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Mar 16
@garymarsh6 ...I think it's crazy and I doubt it would ever work.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 16
I am pretty certain that no Utopian society ever existed or ever will.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Mar 16
I don't think so either. I am talking about a 'what if' situation.
