Utopia and Communism essays

Utopia and Communism essays The belief that Utopia was a perfect society is as mistaken as saying that communism works. Thomas More describes Utopia in a very one sided view, much like communist leaders often spoke regarding their government policies and tactics. Utopia is a society based on collective. The utopians shared absolutely everything, including their children need be. Such a society would not last very long, but would crumble much like communism did in todays society. Having a society where everyone is equal does not work, because not everyone is equal and not everyone deserves exact same thing. Utopians had no monetary system by which they could be rewarded for their hard work. Instead everyone got exact same amount of everything much like everyone else in his or her society. This practice in time will cause the hard working people that push themselves the extra step to stop trying to excel because no matter how much they produce or improve they are not rewarded one bit more then the person who does not care about his job. Not having a merit system is first flaw of this so-called perfect society. Communism was very much the same way. Utopians had restrictions put on them on where they could travel and when. This does not sound like a perfect society. Communists did not let their citizens leave the country in order to keep them from being exposed to foreign ideas and thought due to the fear that they might come back and speak out. Perhaps this is the same reason that utopians were not allowed to travel without asking for permission. In utopia when there was a shortage of a certain trade people that knew that certain trade would be forced to work, even thought they might not enjoy it. Communists evaluated what society needed and assigned people to those particular jobs without consulting the individuals. This secluded and freedom deprived society is nothing more then a different version of communism or perhaps monarchy. Without ...