Have there been any successful utopias?

Answer 1

Answer:I would like to share an intensive essay I wrote on Utopia and a possible way to get there. Perhaps you will find it of interest.

Link: http://vajrakrishna.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/universal-history-and-the-possibility-of-a-utopia/

Answer:Thats a matter of opinion.

there where many different utopian societies that tried to form but failed in the early 1900's i believe and none of them lasted. From this its safe to say no there not, because all it takes is one person in the society to ruin it all and no one is perfect.

Answer:If you study utopian themes in literature and history it will become quickly clear that behind or within every utopia lies a Dystopia, its opposite, an embodiment of chaos. A utopia is technically impossible in human society. Humans are frail and fallible. We are imperfect. As such, we are incapable of creating anything that is perfect, such as a utopian or perfect society.

Consider this: every society must begin with two people, as a society is a plurality, a group, two or more. these two people could conceivably agree on every subject and topic and rule of their society. However, for a society to continue beyond the existence of its two founding members, it must grow, it must develop as it grows to encompass and include its new members. To not grow is stagnation, and stagnation is death to a society or culture.

As new members are added, either by recruitment or procreation (births), the society must become more complex. New members are incorporated and uses or purposes for these new members must be discovered or developed. This is what complicates it. This development adds variables, the more variable added, the more complex becomes the structure. The more complex a thing becomes, the more potential for entropy or decay. Eventually, it will break down somewhere. While things in nature that break down tend to collapse into decay, the mark of a successful society is its ability to adapt. Utopian societies do not adapt, as by definition they are perfect. Perfect things do not adapt as they do not need to. Hence, utopia is impossible.

Answer 2

I apologize for the previous poster's spam. As far as utopias go, I'd say that Iceland is as close as you can get. It has the, not one of the, THE, lowest crime rate out of any country in the world. Perhaps as a natural result, it also happens to have a relatively stable economy, when compared to leading world powers such as the USA.

Answer 3

No society can be considered perfect. Utopian societies represent an ideal world or a perfect place. The word actually roughly translates to No Place. When Thomas Moore coined the word he meant to convey the idea that it did not exist.

Answer 4

No a utopia can not exist unless people accually grow up and learn that violence is not the answer. A utopia can only exist if we take the newborn children and teach them how a utopia works. Like we close them from the outside world and they learn to love and respect each other with one ruler and listen to what ever that ruler says.

Answer 5

No. The way of the human race, would make it impossible to have a successful utopia anywhere in the world.

Answer 6

Has there ever been an utopia in society?

Answer 7

North Korea