Compare And Contrast Utopia And Dystopias

If the world alone was nothing more but a society in which there is nothing but peace and the entire world was equal in all directions, how would the citizens of the society and outsiders classify it? This is the question that sparks a discussion about the similarities and differences of two societies that are highly popular in pop culture, yet surprisingly are true in the modern world. One society is a place where everything in the world is perfect and everyone lives in harmony with one another without a need for bloodshed, a utopia, whereas one society is a place where everything in the world is nothing more but a dark place, where everyone is corrupted and insane in more ways than one, a dystopia. In the modern world, utopias and dystopias …show more content…
The reality is, utopias fail to sustain their visions mostly because the leaders of those societies have performed condemned, if not controversial, actions that affect the way people outside these societies look at them in the opposite direction. In other words, utopias can and will never see their visions become reality because their actions have turned their societies corrupt and full of misery and disbelief among the followers or members. As for why utopias ultimately become dystopias in the modern era, an explanation is simply because while their goals seem and look achievable to the leaders of those societies, their visions are nothing more but unrealizable ideals (Hughes). The irony is that presumably the world would be better off with the fact that utopias can never be achieved in real-life, for as they would not last more than a few months or years after they have surfaced and latched themselves upon the world humanity has lived in for years. For instance, while the leader of the Unification Church, Reverend Sun Myung Moon, has made a numerous amount of actions that caused backlash among outsiders and critics alike, the Church alone would continue to commit those actions such as massive wedding ceremonies to continue believing in Moon because he would tell them so (Fisher). Then again, anyone would be foolish enough to even believe in these leaders of societies that aim to achieve perfection only to misfire in all cylinders, as it is only a matter of time when everyone realizes that these societies are actually dysfunctional places where hope is bleak and the society is corrupt in ways anyone could imagine otherwise (Padilla). The reality is, utopian and dystopian