My Utopia: Art

Citizens would be free to express their artistic personalities in my Utopia. However, artists would not have a career with their paintings, sculptures, music, or other works. I feel that by allowing citizens to express their selves, independence and uniqueness would transpire. If they were to make a career out of their art, I feel that competition would naturally occur, which may lead to violence and anger with citizens. My Utopia would allow artistic expression as a hobby.

My Utopia: Media

In Thomasville, citizens would be free to communicate through media however they pleased. The United State's First Amendment would be obeyed. Citizens would not be oppressed by the civil authorities. As long as the media does not break the laws created by the Utopia's Constitution, it would be allowed. The media would be necessary to communicate to the Utopia's news with the citizens.





The link below is to a part of documentary on one Utopia's media.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXsMl87hcgg

My Utopia: Economy

My Utopia's economy would self-produce. There would be no need for exchanges between my economy and the outside world. It would be a mixed economy, incorporating a free market capitalist economy with "hands-on" elements from the government. A citizen would earn money based on their education and how hard they work.

My Utopia: Social Order

There would be some segregation between social classes in my Utopia. Depending on how much a citizen wants to learn and become educated would determine their social class. Educated people would hold higher paying jobs and be in a higher class than uneducated people. However, everyone would have an equal chance of becoming educated. Education would be provided by the government. Therefore, one's motivation would determine their position in the Utopia's social class.

My Utopia: Laws

Thomasville citizens would have to follow the laws established by the Constitution. There would be penalties for assault, theft, corruption, and murder. Citizens who broke these laws would be exiled or executed. Hopefully these severe punishments would deter citizens from breaking laws.

One Past Utopia

One Utopian society called Brook Farm was built in 1841, by Boston Trancendentalist George Ripley, in West Roxbury, Massechusetts. It soon turned into a Dystopia and eventually was destroyed by a fire, in 1847.

The link below has more information on Brook Farm.

http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/brookfarm.html

My Utopia: Government

If I were to create a Utopia, first of all it would be titled Thomasville. The government that ran it would be very important, for it would keep the Utopia from transforming into a Dystopia. I would first write some sort of Constitution to be followed by all of the members of the Utopia. Next I would appoint a small group of leaders, or in a Utopia's case dictators. The group would be comprised of roughly five educated citizens. This group of elites would be similar to the World Controllers in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. This system of government would have to remain perfect in order to maintain the Utopia’s existence.



To see another philosiphy of a Utopian government, follow the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1axGzI_jQmk