Since the beginning of history, man has tried to devise a perfect political system. Plato designed a utopian Republic, while Karl Marx radically changed the face of the earth by offering up a secular state that is supposed to be sufficient for all. The highest hopes for political systems were held by some 18th century French Enlightenment philosophers, specifically Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, the Marquis de Condorcet. However, the concomitant attempt to bring about an ideal humanistic system (based on Enlightenment thought), most nearly attempted in Scandinavia, has fallen short of fruition. The great things these systems propose to offer, such as financial and legal equality, peace and moral freedom, are not sufficient for all these individuals, leaving people disillusioned and perfect utopian political systems fatally flawed. It is foolish to try to please all the people all the time with simple comforts. Hence, utopias are doomed to failure, as my critique will show. .
I am not a pessimist and I believe things can improve. Utopian perfection, though, is unrealistic because even the best of nations suffer. Nonetheless, there have clearly been instances of political progress, even in this un-utopian nation Occidental students find most accessible. The United States has realized some broad-minded utopian ideals aimed at human improvement, like the abolition of slavery and segregation, and the introduction of universal education. However, racism still divides people and education has brought sweet and sour success. Education has provided great medicinal advantages, while old diseases mutate and new ones outbreak, and has given greater protection against military attack, while at the same time creating more powerful weapons of destruction. These shortcomings give clues to the concurrent failure of more utopian states. This paper will discuss the most successful Scandinavian State, Sweden, and its attempt to build what it believes is an Enlightenment style utopia.
People within a Utopia society are still people of society. ... .Sooner or later the women in Utopia wouldn't take the way they were treated. ... This is one of the main reasons I believe Utopia would not work. Not the physical part of Utopia, but the mental part. ... It may leave individuals in a state of illusion that sooner or later crumbles before their eyes. ...
Utopia! Some people believe Humanity can have Utopia now. ... Utopia differs for each individual. ... If it fails to do so then it is a dystopia, an illusion that, while it lends itself to a vision of reality, truly does not exist. ... The same is true with Utopias. ...
Utopia is completely attainable. Utopia, derived from the Greek words meaning no place, was always thought to be a model to strive for. Unfortunately human pessimism has never allowed Utopia to become a tangible place. ... Emotion is an illusion brought on by stimuli and contact with other people. ...
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Therefore, even this text generally talks about an illusion of Hell, a reference from a "wicked" in Hell to a real person known as heretic makes the connection of Dante's ideas to the real world in the minds of readers who are Catholics and strongly forced to be faithful to Church. The process of reality effect can be established that reader shall realize that both of them are performers of same sin according to Church, therefore the illusion is a view of real Hell. ... (More, Utopia, Book I, p29) Therefore, Tallstorians have no army moreover, they have comfort but not luxury. ... (More...
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