Conscription Policy In Tecchromeonde

There has existed a long term debate about what it means to be a perfect society and what one could practically look like. From the medieval age to modern times, philosophers and scholars have strived to bring out the models and notions in their work to define what a perfect society could be. Although we are not well-trained philosophers, as a group of intellectual college students, our section developed the plan of a utopia named Tecchromeonde, which is a practical society based on today’s technology and global international relations standards. Unlike Francis Bacon’s underground utopia the New Atlantis, it is not a city in a fictional place, but rather located in Southern California, existing among large and strong states. It is a community …show more content…
I will then critically examine the political border around our utopia. A political boarder stops illegal activities from the outside like smuggling, drug dealing, and illegal immigration. On the other hand, a border is a recognition of citizens’ national identity in our utopia. Therefore, I argue that Tecchromeonde represents a better future in that the social practices of having an army and a political border both contribute to the sustainability of the country. And sustainability here means sustainable safety and an overall sustainable regime within the …show more content…
This counter argument in fact makes little sense in Tecchromeonde’s circumstance. As mentioned in the introduction, our utopia is not in a fictional place like the New Atlantis. Since the countries around it are not utopian societies, building a border to eliminate the negative influences of other countries is essential. Furthermore, having the border not only keeps sustainable regime by ceasing illegal trade and immigration, but also builds people’s recognition of national identity. As the political science model “the German Model” indicates, “people identify themselves as belonging to communities and communities identify territories as their own. As people inhabit locations, the locations become a part of the identity of the people, a homeland. The conceptualization of a people as being a nation is more than just the cultural markers that make up their communal identity” (James Benjamin Westmoreland). This model demonstrates the important process of how a sustainable nation identity develops through the cultural influence of the border. When people live in certain territories in which a nation has control, their communal culture will flourish into the sustainable recognition of national identity. Since the notion of national identity is embedded in people’s minds, citizens are more willing to contribute collectively, which strengthens the sustainable regime and causes more