The ideal society presented by our group was peaceful, equal, and where people are united as one. Our society also presented itself as an environment-friendly place.
A utopia is a place of perfection, a place that is ideal. I can’t really say that what our group perceived as ideal was ideal to that of the other groups because we all have different views and perceptions about certain things. Some, may think that an ideal society is a society that is strict and limit one’s freedom like communism while I, on the other hand, believe in controlled freedom. Controlled freedom is by definition freedom with certain limitations. The Philippines is a country that practices this belief poorly. Everyone should be free but the kind of limitations I’m talking about is that some of our laws should be enforced properly. Discipline is no longer evident in the day-to-day lives of the Filipino people. This kind of attitude of our countrymen both bothers and saddens me. If we want the Philippines to progress as a nation, we must start with ourselves. We must change our actions for the betterment of our country.
A few of my block mates and I went to a plastic factory for one of our projects. You know how we were taught that plastics are bad for the environment because they’re not biodegradable? The woman whom we interviewed in the plastic plant told us that the plastics they produce are 100% recycled. The government thought about banning plastics more specifically “sando” bags for they are a factor in the clogging of canals and, therefore, causing floods. She lectured us that it is not the plastics fault that floods are caused; it is the lack of initiative of the people to learn how to dispose of plastics in the correct manner. She said that if we only knew how to dispose it properly, plastics wouldn’t be blamed for floods in the Philippines. This experience made me think of what the government can do for us to achieve an ideal society that is environment friendly. Our leaders could enforce a law that will make all Filipinos who use plastics to throw it in the proper place. Then, those plastics will be sent to a factory where it will be recycled to become recycled plastic.
Something as simple as throwing trash in the right place could really help us in achieving a society that is environment friendly and, in my opinion, ideal. Another thing pointed out in our Utopia is the fairness and equality of people. Equality is when every single person is treated the same way; a world with no biases, no judgments, no class, no race, just people. This may not be an attainable Utopia but it is, for me, ideal. Social stratification or the division of people based on class is something that emerged a long time ago. We sometimes cannot help it to think a certain way of a certain group of people because of the way we were raised and born into the world. The saying that the world is unfair is not true; it’s the people in the world who are treated unfairly and cause unfairness. My personal ideal society would be a society where there would be no unfairness and everyone treated fairly.
When I was a senior in high school, I visited the Correctional Institute for women for our outreach program. I met a lot of women who claimed to have been there because of the injustices committed against them because they were poor and had no money to bail themselves out while there were only a select few who belong to a middle class family inside the correctional. This made me think of the injustices people go through because of social stratification. The poor go to jail for doing the same thing the rich people do. Where is the justice? So, for me, a Utopia should be fair and just. For us to make this happen, even little by little, we must try our best to treat others kindly and with the same respect and dignity as everybody else; no one above and no one below.
This is what I think a Utopia should be. It may not be the same as that of the others but it is mine. This Utopia is the kind of place someone like me would want to live in, a place where we are free and happy. All of us are free and happy. This is my Utopia; my perfect, ideal, and wonderful society.
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