Utopianism was a way of life that consisted of a perfect, full-function society. ... The actual question at hand is why the Utopian movements were unsuccessful and what factors essentially caused it to fail. It was truly ironic that perfectly envisioned societies failed. Utopian ideas have had an impact on almost every aspect of life. ... Although More was not the first to clarify what makes up an ideal society, he was the one to coin this word to describe it. ...

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Here we see Socrates' real ideal and philosophical beliefs coming to the forefront in the way he refutes others ideas, and how he frames his own Utopian society. ... Moderation, Socrates thought had to do with everyone having only what they needed to survive. ... It stated that the community only had what it produced, and those who produced things would produce it for everyone else, and they would share (some would equate that to communism). ... This allowed everyone to enjoy everything as a society in moderation, and did not allow for greed and the monopolization of power and goods. ......

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