Utopian communities often struggled with maintaining unity and cohesion, as differing ideologies and personal conflicts emerged among members. Many faced economic challenges, as their idealistic visions sometimes clashed with practical realities, leading to unsustainable practices or reliance on external resources. Additionally, the rigid social structures and rules intended to promote harmony often stifled individual freedom, resulting in dissatisfaction and departures from the community. Ultimately, these factors contributed to the dissolution or decline of many utopian experiments.
Perfection
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In utopian communities, the goal is generally to achieve a perfect form of socialism and that everyone works together and share the bounty equally. However, that normally only works on small communities, it is impossible to achieve an utopian community in a large city. In summary, the goal of the utopian community was to achieve perfection via socialism.
Few utopian communities lasted very long; most fell apart when the members got tired of the rules and decided to leave.
Not at all. Socialists and utopians invariable forget that the inhabitants of their communities are populated with flawed human beings. There has never been an example of a socialist utopian community that lasted for longer than a year or two.
Utopian communities in 19th-century America were considered by many to herald a new age in human civilization.
Building utopian communities
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embrace the free market
Brook Farm
Perfection
form utopian communities
Harmony Society, in specific by George Rapp
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Establishing model Communities
Oneida
In utopian communities, the goal is generally to achieve a perfect form of socialism and that everyone works together and share the bounty equally. However, that normally only works on small communities, it is impossible to achieve an utopian community in a large city. In summary, the goal of the utopian community was to achieve perfection via socialism.