Utopia In Society

Most of us know the saying, “you can’t please everybody,” but isn’t that what a utopia is? A utopia is a society or way of life that satisfies every citizen within a society: no suffering, no conflict, no disorder, etc. However, the saying is right, there is no way to please absolutely everyone. People have conflicting opinion and disagreements are inevitable. In order to create a perceived utopia, one must take control of the society and satisfy the population, but it would be impossible to please all individuals, many of whom have different wants or needs. There are a plethora of identities and demographics; addressing all of them would impossible. As a result, they dehumanize the populous. They remove their personalities, agency, and emotional

The mentality the almost resembles that of Machiavellianism. They disregard individuality in order to form a proper society. The society is willing to achieve a utopia by any means. They place the need to maintain order and the perceived utopia over the wellbeing of its people. In “Harrison Bergeron,” one can see that people are not content with the way things are, but they tolerate it to keep the system in place. This can be seen when George is discussing the removing some of his handicaps, "If I tried to get away with it,’ said George, ‘then other people 'd get away with it-and pretty soon we 'd be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else” (Vonnegut 1). They believe the society has created equality, and therefore do not do anything to squander the system. George doesn’t enjoy wearing these ‘handicaps,’ however he feels that he must maintain the system for the greater good. This is also demonstrated in “Repent, Harlequin, said the Ticktockman.” When a woman receives a letter detailing the termination (or soon to be death) of someone with in the family, the narrator describes reaction, “Let it be Marsh, she thought, brutally, realistically, or one of the kids, please dear God, not for me.” (Ellison 4). The fact that a woman is so terrified of dying that she hopes the letter is for her husband or children is horrible. She does not wish to stand up for her family, nor does she wish to change the system; she would rather obey than create disorder. There is not a person who enjoys living in fear of being killed, however, instead of taking action, they simply follow the rules. While citizens may suffer or perish, the majority must look above that in order to proceed. They see themselves as workers of the system, instead of individuals. The society expects them to move on without any emotion or