In a Utopian Nation, it is an impeccable society that withstands incessant headways to achieve the most elevated amount of fulfillment for the greater part of individuals. ... Every individual has the opportunity to pick what he needs and needs. ... There would be no restrictions on what a man can do with their lives. ... With these things I surmise that the way the world is at this moment if all individuals are cooperating we can accomplish our thoughts of what a perfect world truly is. ...

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However, in the utopian society, all citizens made equal capital. ... Unlike Julian's utopian society big business were only benefiting them, and a women s place in society was to take care of their households. ... What was the government doing for the lower class? ... This belief was something that Bellamy wanted to happen, so he wrote about the future and living in a utopian society. ... To the contrary of Bellamy's beliefs, the world of 21st century is not a utopian society, and our country will never be a utopian society based on radical egalitarianism. ...

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He illustrates this by describing "the city upon a hill", materialism, and the hypocritical nature of the Puritan society. ... Witnessing the downfall of his society, he thought there was a need for social reform. ... In the introduction to the novel, Hawthorne describes a Puritan, theoretical Utopian society. ... Although it was imperative that all Puritans follow this law, Hawthorne gives the reader a glimpse of what materialistic society they really were. " It had indeed in which fragments of broken glass were plentifully intermixed it glittered and sparkled as if diamonds ha...

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The Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, portrays a "utopian" society that differs in many ways from the current United States. ... The present day economic system in the United States revolves around a responsible spending and capitalist society rather than an irresponsible and wasteful society. ... Freedoms, such as art and religion, have been sacrificed for what the World State calls "happiness." ... He is the originator of the current utopian concept that they live under. ... The Brave New World does an excellent job of telling how these differences in the utopian World State could act...

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I already have heard about the issues he pointed out, however, hearing someone's personal experiences, especially if this someone is as passionate as Chuck, made the Utopian American Dream dissappear for me. Chuck pointed out the distinctive privilege for those who carry certain characteristics in the society. ... In the 21st century, there shouldn't be segregation between human beings, but unfortunately, what I believe does not change the society we live in. ... What was most interesting was the specific examples about the segregation. ... What upset me the most was hearing the ...

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Whether the government's control over our lives is hidden or open, it is factual that the government has heavy control over what Americans can and cannot do. ... Lance says, "That's what we like to believe, but some of our communities are more similar to war zones." ... In rust belt cities throughout the country it remains clear that we have not yet reached a utopian society. ... Better to be in a utopian state-of-mind, than a Youngstown state-of-mind. ... By comparing our society to inferior societies, we feel established and satisfied. ...

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"The Unknown Citizen" is a government's view of the perfect modern man in an unrealistic society. ... The motive behind the portrayal of an equal society is that it will eliminate hatred, envy and war. ... The society portrayed in the poem takes the notion of perfection and equality to the extreme. ... The fact that nothing should be questioned shows the obedience to the state that is needed to maintain the utopian society that the poem discusses. ... This is most likely what Auden wants to warn people of by mocking the political system that existed now. ...

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In 1775, the Philadelphia Quakers founded the world's first antislavery society, proving that the dispense of slavery was indeed possible, causing the country to dream of a utopian society. ... But it was a model of what a loose confederation should be, and was a significant stepping-stone towards the establishment of the U.S. ... - What were the major compromises made at the Constitutional Convention? ... Whatever these leaders' personal desires, they had to compromise and adopt what was acceptable to the entirety of America, and what presumably would be suitable to the nat...

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The Puritans then came to Massachusetts Bay Colony, in anticipation that building a utopian society could light a way for the rest of the world to look towards to. ... Each person was able to do what he or she wanted to, able to work and serve god, seek religious understanding, under their own Puritan beliefs, and able to help and benefit from the community. ... They saw education as a way to learn about their religion and society. ...

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Jacksonian democrats believed that they were guardians of the Constitution and that they upheld its principles and defended its ideals of a democratic society. ... Upward mobility was what America was known for, and they believed that was one of the better aspects of America and should be preserved at all costs. ... European thinkers had only hypothesized situations where a seemingly utopian society in which every man had equal rights. Yet, with possible help from the influence of Native American culture, the United States had created a society with radically equal economic and political setti...

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The American Dream is believed to be blind to race, sex, or socio-economic status and at a first glance, seems to be almost Utopian. ... Smith believed that the biggest threat to economic threat was government intervention, telling people what to do would only damage the works. ... Marx believed there is no such thing as a "laissez-faire " capitalist society. ... In today's society, the top upper class possesses about ninety-five percent of the total wealth. ... Marx predicted what will happen over time in a capitalist nation; the two groups in Smith's theory, the buyer gets poorer ...

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Indeed, globalization notwithstanding, each nation's individual competitive strength in world markets is what most strongly determines the quality of life and living standards of its citizens - and this will likely continue to be the case for generations to come. ... Underlying the utopian notion of a supposedly borderless global village, I suspect, may be more than a trace of old-fashioned national chauvinism. ... What's more, in China and other regions of the developing world, Europe's digital telephony standard, known as GSM, is scoring significant competitive victories over ...

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The election system of the Utopian States contains a series of elections. ... This government station allows candidates to display information about themselves and what they plan to do in office if they become elected. ... They are extremely educated and can therefore determine what is good for the community and what is not. ... This encourages a healthy society. ... Families gather regularly to inform one another about what is going on in their lives. ...

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Roots of Reform Many reformers wanted a perfected society: free from cruelty, war, intoxicating drink, discrimination, and slavery. ... Utopian Experiments Various reformers set up more than forty communities of a cooperative, communistic, or communitarian nature. ... He founded a communal society of about a thousand people at New Harmony, Indiana, in 1825. ...

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The government is doing what is in their best interest instead of what is morally just. ... At the end of his essay, Thoreau describes a utopian State, in which people are able to live independently of the government. ... Thoreau contends that a person is ultimately responsible to himself alone and can and should see himself as independent of his society and government. ... What should people do? ... Many Athenians view Socrates as a man who pursues what is morally right. ...

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What do a hot pink dress, a sparkling new Chevy and a bright green Jell-O mold all have in common? ... What better place and time for Walt Disney to introduce his theme park? ... Historian Warren Susman stressed the importance of Disneyland as an American cultural achievement, an "extraordinary effort to create a collective representation of a utopian and idea! ... Disneyland provided a "common culture for a pluralistic society" and the new age of leisure allowed Americans to bask in its idealism (119). ... Hobby shops and do-it-yourself kits flourished during the 1950s as Americans utilize...

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The ideals of the United Nations evolved from the belief that a liberal, Utopian world could be created. ... Cases show what was a concern in the trial, and rulings help define the answer. Using these cases develop norms in international society. ...

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This philosophy is the groundwork for what we now more wholly understand as laws of nature, in whatever form, not to be exploited or undermined. ... Philosophers were the first to realize what the aristocratic society, the bourgeois, and the bourgeoisie failed to understand. ... Mimicking the scientists" curiosity, philosophers questioned the basic workings of government and society and in doing so gave rise to the Age of Enlightment. ... The philosophers were elite members of society, and despite the context of their messages, they were not always free from discrimination. ... In its early ye...

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If so, how is it applied and what effect does it have? ... So what is actually being analysed? ... Following Simpson's and Mayr's interpretation of the interaction part of the diagram they state: 'The discourse practice dimension specifies the nature of the text production, distribution and consumption in society' (Simpson and Mayr, 2010, p. 54). ... CDA, thus, examines the texts from the perspective of what they include as well as from what they omit. ...

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Never before, however, has the human race been so close to inaugurating this Utopian ideal of establishing and empowering government on a planetary scale. As it stands today, world government can be compared to communism - both can be viewed as ideals of a perfect society, but neither has proven to work effectively in practice. ... This is what the advocates of an "empowered United Nations are really after. What is most disturbing is that they have nearly succeeded in grasping hold of this power, without most inhabitants of this planet having the slightest idea of what is being planned for t...

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This process of personal transformation toward caritas, begun in Augustine's thinking by the sacrifice of Jesus, will manifest itself in individuals through what Johnson calls "self-giving toward the needy neighbor."1 This charitable impulse requires a Christian to intervene to protect the innocent from evil in this flawed world. ... For Augustine and those who have followed him in their thinking about just war, killing the aggressor is a form of "loving punishment."3 During the time of Aquinas, the emphasis of theologians had shifted from helping individuals achieve a state of grace (as...

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