Utopia....a fantasy land created by our minds as a way to escape our depressing reality.As stated by Ira Shor about her basic utopian ideas, Utopian Societies are based on "Futurism: hope, invention, experimentation, imagining and designing a better way to run society in the future, launching experimental projects and attitudes." (Ira Shor).Basically, eccentric wealthy individuals make their dreams into reality with hopes that other individuals will support their creation. Although humans have tried to create utopian societies, are they truly "utopian"? Do these utopian societies allow us to fully escape the horrors of reality?Do these heavenly societies allow us to look in the mirror every morning and truly forget about the cruelty that we face each day? No, they do not. They do not take away our problems. Instead, they allow us to be ignorant towards our problems for a short period of time. Like precious moments, utopian societies are also fleeting. It is truly impossible to create a society where everyone's needs and wants are forever satisfied, therefore guaranteeing these utopian societies that we create can never infinitely blossom.They will constantly be created and end up failing.
Throughout history, there has been many has been "utopian" societies.
Octagon City is an example of a utopian society which was created and destroyed because the people were not satisfied. This society was located in Humboldt, Kansas. It was founded in 1856 by the Vegetarian Kansas Emigration Company. This society was supposed to be the ideal habitat for every grass eating lover (vegetarian) in the world, but I guess it wasn't. Turns out the inhabitants were not satisfied with their octagon shaped houses and abandoned them. The only trace that this society ever existed is the octagon shaped homes that still remain today.
Utopian societies are completely forgotten once they failed. Like who actually remembers Fordlandia in Brazil where they tried to copy American society? It was a pretty horrible idea to begin with. Eating hamburgers and waiting until marriage to have sex isn't exactly what I would call appealing. However, the society from Cloudy with a chance of meatballs is very appealing. It would be like heaven for every junk food lover on this planet. It may not last forever, but I am pretty sure it would last longer than a vegetarian society.
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