Last week I asked if you thought a Utopia could exist, and also said that i would give my own answer. Here it is...
The main reason why people say that a Utopia is not possible is because most say that if everything were perfect all the time then it would lose its appeal. If things were exactly how you wanted all the time, then would you still want them? Because of this i say that we are living in a Utopia. Things are ever changing, and we may not be happy all the time, but do we want to be? Without the low points in our life would the highs feel as good? I don't think they would, and that's why we are currently living in a Utopia.
I agree with this. I took a class once that talked about crime being needed in society. I think it is a balance thing or something. But Utopia could also be seen as an opinion. And opinions vary, so some will say it cannot exist. and others say the love living in a Utopia. I think from looking at the true definition of Utopia that we are not living in it.
ReplyDeleteI respectfully caution you against your phrasing, lest you mischaracterize or understate the complexity of the issue. The possibilities of Utopia is right up there with God, love, a good drink, and the quest for the honest politician – we have been wrestling with this for some time and the way you convey “the main reason” “people” object to the likelihood of creating a Utopia reads as if describing that all conversations amongst all individuals (whether they be concerned social academics, barons of industry, freshman state representatives, or local craft circles) eventually become bogged down in the intractable problem of some kind of sensory tolerance level which no amount of analysis will abate. This is not the case, as the critique towards this subject is much more than nuanced and complex than as to maybe even offer a “main reason”, and to represent it as so I believe is an inaccurate or unproductive rendering.
ReplyDeleteBut an always worthy subject and it speaks well of you that you are preoccupied by it.