Those who belive in the possibility of a Utopia are those whom I can't stand. That belief is something that is completly irrelevant, a theory that doesn't apply to our reality. I can't stand people who have belief in this incredibly unlikely possibility. They are blinded by the nice and shiny things our society throws at us in order to distract us from our reality. I see them as thos who are lost looking for a golden city that we should be able to see right now if it were possible.
This kind of belief in such an unreachable ideal as this can be compared with Ishmael. He said that most of the time we are going down in a freefall with out noticing until we actually crash. Thinking that humans are capable of achiving the standards our society puts on to us is very naive. We are slightly above animals in some skills but most of our instincts and tendencies remain the same. This makes it imposible for a utopia as our society describes it to occur.
The summer reading books are very relevant in this theme. They show the desperation we are cough in and desperately trying to escape by ignoring it. Thus, thes books presented to us with a vision of our present and the possibilities that are more likely to happen in the future. . In Clockwork Orange for example, we see how people lost their will to choose evil. When people's lives are on the line using this system is the only true way of of unsuring that no other man would hurt them. It was in the utopian ideas of freedom that the oposing party used, through which this very effective method of saving lifes was eliminated. So in the is this utopic idea of freedom worth it?
During our lives we have several factors that limit the choices we have. These choices include choosing the college you want to attend or simply buying a chocolate. To do such actions you need certian requirements wether its funds or merits. Those who don't meet the requirements have their freedoms reduced. We see that society has transformed the ability to choose into a product we need to buy. If we had the posibility to stop those who take other freedom by taking their freedom to choose evil is that a sin? To those who have utopian ideals for humanity every should choose good of their own will but at the cost of so many lives is such a thing really possible? It isn't and to wait for it to happen by giving those who have done so many crimes a second chance is a position that will harm all. People can't be expected to do good on their own.
A utopia is a place in which everything is perfect and people live in peace because they choose to. The last four words of this definition of Utopia are the great flaw that bothers me. The greatest error of our current system and others like comunism is that people will continue to work and be good with out a watchful eye on them. This is a lie. Even if there is a majority of the public that is good, from either fear of the law or because they wish to be righteous, that won't stop those willing to do harm. This minority that harms others can affect the great majority willing to do good. That great majority of good doers can change unespectedly if people in the society are faced with discomfort or death. This is because people will usually turn to crime and inmoral actions when it is necesary. Those who have the utopian ideals of our society can't accept that there is evil in all of us waiting to be awakened.
Those who choose to continue believing in those distracting baits our culture lays in front of us fail to see the harsh truth of the world. It isn't wether people are born or are made evil but that we can all turn to it if the condition makes it necesary. This inability to see the darker spots in humanity is what keeps us from evolving into a better society. Until we accept that there is evil in all of us and continue believing in the possibility of a utopia where people are all good society will remain falling until we crash.
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