The Impossibility of Utopias
Many times people have attempted to create the perfect place to live in and time after time their plans ultimately fail. Utopias are perfect societies that always seem to be out of our reach. Numerous “utopias” have been created in the past and most of them have ended in disaster. Even so, that does not stop some small communities from sprouting up every so often to try to attempt to create a utopia. The sad truth is that utopias are simply not possible due to the strict requirements and human nature itself.
The first reason why utopias are not possible is because the requirements for some utopias are way too strict. According to the article, “4 Utopian Communities That Didn’t Pan Out”, a utopian community known as Fruitlands sprouted up. Led by Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane, the community consisted of eleven adults and a small number of children. These members were not allowed to eat meat or use any animal products such as wool and honey. They also were not permitted to use animals for labor and only grew plants that grew out of the ground as not to disturb the organisms living in the soil. In the end, the strict requirements the …show more content…
For example, Brook Farm was a utopian community run by George and Sophia Ripley of West Roxbury, Massachusetts. The utopia was going smoothly at first but then Ripley joined the unpopular Fourierism movement. This caused many of the people, especially the younger members, to leave the community. Pullman’s Capitalist Union was another utopian community. George Pullman created this community for the employees of his company. Unfortunately, Pullman’s company began facing losses and he increased the rent of the community to account for the losses of the company. The members of the community began disliking Pullman more and more. This utopia slowly collapsed as
Many times people have attempted to create the perfect place to live in and time after time their plans ultimately fail. Utopias are perfect societies that always seem to be out of our reach. Numerous “utopias” have been created in the past and most of them have ended in disaster. Even so, that does not stop some small communities from sprouting up every so often to try to attempt to create a utopia. The sad truth is that utopias are simply not possible due to the strict requirements and human nature itself.
The first reason why utopias are not possible is because the requirements for some utopias are way too strict. According to the article, “4 Utopian Communities That Didn’t Pan Out”, a utopian community known as Fruitlands sprouted up. Led by Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane, the community consisted of eleven adults and a small number of children. These members were not allowed to eat meat or use any animal products such as wool and honey. They also were not permitted to use animals for labor and only grew plants that grew out of the ground as not to disturb the organisms living in the soil. In the end, the strict requirements the …show more content…
For example, Brook Farm was a utopian community run by George and Sophia Ripley of West Roxbury, Massachusetts. The utopia was going smoothly at first but then Ripley joined the unpopular Fourierism movement. This caused many of the people, especially the younger members, to leave the community. Pullman’s Capitalist Union was another utopian community. George Pullman created this community for the employees of his company. Unfortunately, Pullman’s company began facing losses and he increased the rent of the community to account for the losses of the company. The members of the community began disliking Pullman more and more. This utopia slowly collapsed as