Goals For Brook Farm Utopia

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The general goals for Brook Farm were stated in a letter to Emerson. Also, they were stated in the original constitution of Brook Farm. The goals for Brook Farm were quite similar to the other Utopias. They wanted to have individual freedom and to be able to maintain humane relationships. Most importantly, they participated in the joining of values and spiritual matters with flesh and spirit. They, and other Utopias, believed doing manual labor was very uplifting.
Over time, Brook Farm ran into problems with money, like other Utopias. International squabbing soon eroded the community in two years.
I think if we tried to have a Utopia in the 21st century it would be some what successful, I wouldn’t say more successful than they were