“Someone’s utopia might as well be someone else’s distopia.” That quote was said by my professor. It made me realize that the statement may be true. All of us have different perceptions on things. We all have our own differences. Different preferences we choose to and we believe in.
Way back last year, I took up an elective in my senior year on political science to enhance my knowledge about it. Not only that, but also out of curiosity regarding the subject. We learned things like government systems and ideologies. I get to answer and think rationaly like what I am doing in my Political Science subject here in college. It helped me understand the basics about it and trained me to think outside the box. Remembering all the things I have learned, I can now say what my ideal society is and how to make it possible.
In our group video advertisment, we descibed our utopia as something peaceful. It is a society where unity happens. Everything valuable to you can be found. Freedom is important especially to people. What makes it unique from the other groups is that, we focused ours on the love for nature. It is evident in the video that a girl was walking towards different places. Well for me, she is on her journey looking for her own utopia. There are many ways to achieve this. It is just that not all are possible with the way our society behaves. With this, I came up of five main points or solutions to achieve what we call our own personal utopia.
First, people should suggest and voice out their own opinions towards something. Without these, people would not be able to hear their insights regarding a said issue. When this happens, then unity can be possible because then it would be more organized. By saying we need unity in achieving a perfect society, then it is just like adding another promise to another that could pile up until it comes to a point where it would never be done in the end. Second, people should know how to compromise. This would help the society to make decisions at the same time putting together what is best not only for them but also for the best of the society. This could train people to know how to think of others sometimes. Third, people should know how to follow rules. Yes, rules are already imposed. In fact, these rules are very helpful and relevant to our daily needs. The only thing that lacks is proper imposing of these rules and people who follow because personally, I think that if everyone follows, then for sure there would be at least a slight change in this society we are in. Fourth, we should all maximize our available resources. This might be hard for others to impose soon but this could help to achieve our utopia. This would help because when people maximize their resources then there would be less people who are marginalized. Resources would be more available for the others. Lastly, I believe that being optimistic would complete the steps into achieving our utopia. Why? Because, when a person is optimistic, his or her direction in life would be affected. In relation to this, decisions and preferences are also affected in a sense that the way a person acts would affect the society. When an optimistic person affects the society, he or she can influence them to be one. When the society is then optimistic, then there you can find our meaning of utopia which is peace, inner peace.
If this society would be compared to an ideology present, I would say that this is slightly comparable to Neo liberalism. Only in a sense that, it has minimal control of a government which means more freedom for the people. This ideology is also infavor in the interest of the society which is like the society we have thought of. In every society, there must be a form of government to at least guide the people. In this one too, it is needed. Though, unlike the others, minimal control is needed because one of our main focuses is that people should still be able to address their own voice. The government is just there to act as a head to look out on everyoneand help organize the society to keep it away from chaos. In my own opinion, a society without a government system would fail. First because it would lack organization among all. Second, it would produce greedy and unruly people.
How to make this kind of society last? Well, I believe that would be easy. With the things I mentioned above, proper implication would definitely be a must. Of course, it does not end there. It is also needed to create proper consistency among everyone because if not, then this society would eventually fail. If when in the start people act and follow and then in the end they do not, then obviously it would fail. If those two things happen, then for sure this society would last.
Like what I said, others might not look at this as their utopia. Others might think that this is just a normal society. Even you might think this is a useless one. But again, it is a person’s own perspective of what a utopia is for him or her. Sometimes, once in a while, it is also good to dream for something to happen. This is my utopia. Our group’s utopia. Maybe, someday, you would find your own true meaning of utopia too.
-panda
I agree with how you plan to achieve your ideal society. I believe that through the tiny steps that we take in our everyday lives; it could make a difference to our society and also bring forth a better society. I like your idea of an ideal society because, in the cases of most ideal societies, they would tend to focus more on having an orderly and peaceful type ideal society. Your ideal society talks more about not only the aspects concerning peace and order but also talks about being one with nature. In my opinion, your ideal society could be best described to be similar to the society that was portrayed in the movie avatar. In that movie the people was one with nature and did not go against nature but rather they chose to harness the power of nature in order to have a better society. And although they have many tribes and are separated in different areas, they see each other as family and they are all united by the Great Spirit that they worship and their myths. In the same sense, in the ideal society that you talked about in your blog, I feel that this is truly an ideal society worth living.
TumugonBurahinI like also liked how you accepted the fact that each and every individual has their own perceptions of their own utopia and that a person’s utopia could vary. By showing that attitude about respecting the views of others, I feel that that could be one of the attitudes that are needed in order to promote peace and unity between everyone. Although every individual has different views and beliefs, we could at least respect each and every individuals beliefs and views towards what they feel is best. Although some people may have different perceptions about different issues in some way or another the perceptions of people could be similar however different they are.
-MR.Co