Utopia Vs Dystopia

into consideration human nature like selfishness, free will, love, greed, etc. These are things that humans have since they are born, and are the elements that humans use to survive; this is why Plato’s government cannot exist and that is why it would decline from aristocracy into tyranny. Utopia by St. Thomas More describes a fantastic Island where the principal law is to pursue the common good. Utopia is different from Plato’s Republic, in that Utopians are allowed to have family, they have a common property, and they can have the power over decisions their states take and they can make changes over their rules. Even though, Utopians are not free to pursue their interests and can only act and think for the common good of the island. More …show more content…
“The whole body of syphogrants, in number two hundred, having sworn to choose the mam whom they judge most useful, by secret balloting appoints a governor” (More 67). Utopians are severally controlled of at what age and how many kids they should have; they should be married and they should stay together for life, they only choose once and they should be the correct person. Women have no power over mandates in their homes, the spouse is the one with the power over them and their kids, “Husbands correct their wives, and parents their children” (More 112). In Utopia there is currency of money only to pay for foreign trades or debts, but in the island people do not use it in exchange for products or jobs. “[A]ny mortal takes pleasure in the uncertain sparkle of a tiny jewel or precious stone when he can look at a star or even the sun itself” (More 88). They prefer to use metals as helpful sources of wealth. It is inconceivable to me that all people work for everyone and help everyone without having a kind of compensation, this is a clear concept of a communist system where people only have enough to