Examples Of Finding Utopia In Rural Kentucky

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Personally, I do not, did not, and will not favor the idea of a utopian society. Although it sounds good and perfect; but it really isn’t… everyone is almost exactly the same, has to do the same thing every single day, and most importantly no one can make their own decisions. Regular people don’t have voices in a utopian society. The author of “Finding Utopia in Rural Kentucky”, John Lee makes it see nice, talking about the beautiful nature and old homes but even he in the end says that “hedonism is hard to surrender”. At the end of the day I still want to make my own decisions… instead of some crazy council deciding my job by looking

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