Perfect Utopian Society

Equality for everyone, that sounds pretty good right? Theoretically I would agree, however once I considered the negative effects of this type of utopia my viewpoint shifted greatly. It is my opinion that a perfect utopia, a completely equal society is not attainable. The lack of accountability would cause major issues, both on an individual and large scale. First, because there is no accountability system there would be nothing to stop widespread chaos and frequent crimes. Secondly, there would be no incentive for people to get an education, or to go to their jobs. Why would you go to years of school to become a vet when you could get paid the same amount of money to play with puppies all day? If you’re telling yourself that you’d become a vet, you're lying. …show more content…
Hypothetically citizens would hold each other accountable, but then you run into another problem. Not everybody is physically equal. No matter what the government declares, a 150 pound soccer mom cannot be accountable for keeping a 300 pound football coach from taking too much power. Inevitably somebody will gain control slowly until the idea of total equality is just a commonly shared mindset. The lack of basic government in a perfectly equal society would cause total chaos, widespread crime, a decrease in motivated people, and ultimately a dictatorship amongst many other problems that are certain to arise over the years. Making educated assumptions about a perfectly equal society will in the long run prevent people from putting an emphasis on equality over all other aspects of