Greed Island's Utopian Society

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There are an absurd amount of problems in the current society, but just these problems alone were enough for Greed Island to break off and create its own utopian society. What the people of Greed Island disliked most of the United States society is mainly the crime rate and the idea that people have to do jobs that they hate in order to make a living. Gradually, trust was lost by the people just due to the recent amount of murders committed by the hands of police officers without any consequences. The people of Greed Island had felt that a utopian society definitely needed to be created because life in the current society is terrible compared life here. Primarily, Greed Island is different because although it is communist, everything is done for the people. All that is cared about is ensuring that the citizens of this country are happy and enjoy living. However, some characteristics of Greed Island do resemble those of the
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For example, Greed Island does educate its children from Kindergarten until 12th grade to ensure every citizen of the country has had a proper education, as well as time to decide what they would like to do

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