My vision of a Utopia is a country without war, starvation or violence. All conflicts are dealt with reasonably and calmly. The country is an island, surrounded by ocean, a large circular island with enough land for all citizens to own farms if they’d like, or citizens can live in the cities. All cities send representatives to a congress once every year to discuss pressing issues threatening the utopia. A leader will be elected by representatives from different states, or counties. The leader serve three year terms and is only able to run for election once. The leader will ensure that all citizens have adequate food and shelter. No citizens are greedy, or corrupt in the Utopia. That allows for equality for all citizens. A farming system will be set up so that an surplus will be produced to make up for any crop failures in other cities or states. Trade is lightly regulated by the government, just enough that the trading stays honest and running smoothly. Religion is wholly up to the individual, no person is required to believe in a specific religion or any religion at all. Any criminals will be judged by a jury of peers, and instead of jail, criminals will be put to work and do public service for the duration of their sentence. All children are required to go to school from ages 7 to age 15, then once 15 years old, they will choose a career and go to 4 more years of schooling to learn their chosen career.
The Utopia you describe sounds fairly similar to the Utopia we read about in class, with the crescent island, and 52 cities, or something like that. I only pose a question though, and that is how are there criminals? You said that all the citizens are equal and not greedy, nor are they corrupt, and being a criminal means that some part of them is corrupt. Aside from this, you propose a great Utopia.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds similar to our society today, you know, without the violence, and crime, a greediness, and inequality. In reality, if people weren't crazy, and greedy, and ignorant, I feel this could actually work. Also, I love the school system you have constructed, just because I hate school and feel like it's a box I'm forced to be in.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy your utopian world. I kind of do believe it’s very similar to the article utopia but i really enjoy these worlds. It just seems so peaceful and enjoyable. It’s like heaven.
ReplyDeleteI like how you included the government and how it would work in your utopia. You also focused more on an all-around utopia rather than just you personally, and I think that is pretty cool and thoughtful of you because other people including myself mostly only thought about ourselves and not necessarily everyone else.
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ReplyDeleteI like how detailed your world is already, and how it isn't a utopia where there seems to be a false sense of happiness, but instead a general sense of content among the people. However, what would happen once the population started to grow exponentially? Would the society split up or have more than one leader to help keep the society in order?
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