utopia cannot be established on earth due to our economy's complexity
First we must denote the meaning of Utopia. In simplest terms, a Utopia is a community or society that possesses highly desirable or near perfect qualities. This would mean, on a world-wide basis, that everyone did only what they wanted to do, no one felt discriminated against, and there was peace between settlements.
It's already plain to see that Utopia is something incredibly hard to attempt, if not impossible to create:
If everyone did what they wanted to do, there wouldn't be enough of some important jobs.
Discrimination is hard to eliminate because it is part of out genetically-programmed human nature.
There is always something to fight about between settlements.
These points can easily be translated into an economic viewpoint, and they should. The economy is dependent on two very important things, which is money, and us. It is reliant on our labor, our organization, our skills, and most importantly, our desires. There are so many things that we don't need that we insist on creating, but that's not what I'm referring to. I'm referring to the people who go to college to get a degree in something that they love so they can make money doing that for the rest of their working life. This leaves people who can't afford college, or who simply do not care, to do the jobs that nobody wants to do or whatever they can.
In a Utopian society, everyone can do what they want, not just the people who can afford to pay for college, or the people who get scholarships. There might be some people who want to put water in bottles, or who want to grow corn, but I doubt there are as many as who are doing it. Nowadays, it's about making enough to support yourself, your kids, and the million other things that society dictates you have, such as a car, television, internet, etc. How else would they get the news or get to their job? (It is noted that a lot of countries have country-wide public transportation, and that America is simply too spread out to use such means.)
This poses a problem for our Utopia. There is almost no way that the amount of farmers and factory workers they would have after many leave to pursue their actual interest could sustain the entire community, unless I am missing out on something and farming and manufacturing are highly desired jobs. But it is not limited just to farming and manufacturing that are necessary yet undesired- here's a list of the least desired jobs of 2013, according to
10. Construction Worker
9. Early Childhood Educators
8. Auto Workers
7. Rig Worker
6. Postal Service Mail Sorters
5. Customer Service
4. Computer Operators
3. Teachers
2. Farmers
1. Machinists
As you can see, a lot of these jobs are incredibly necessary to how our society functions today. If you take away construction workers, you never have any new buildings, and the buildings we have crumple to dust out of neglect. If you take away farmers, we become hunter-gatherers again or we farm for ourselves. Teachers are required to teach out young how to maintain our society. There are so many aspects of our cushioned life that would fall apart if everyone was allowed
to run about doing whatever it was they pleased.
Also, the jobs that are highly desired would be flooded with workers, making it nearly impossible for anything original to be created. This is not nearly as big of a problem as the lack of employees doing undesired jobs.
Next is the discrimination. People in our modern societies are separated by rich and poor. Rich people are the ones with nice cars, big houses, and other nice things. If you suddenly come in and take these away from them, they would likely be outraged, causing for uprisings and such.
It's already plain to see that Utopia is something incredibly hard to attempt, if not impossible to create:
If everyone did what they wanted to do, there wouldn't be enough of some important jobs.
Discrimination is hard to eliminate because it is part of out genetically-programmed human nature.
There is always something to fight about between settlements.
These points can easily be translated into an economic viewpoint, and they should. The economy is dependent on two very important things, which is money, and us. It is reliant on our labor, our organization, our skills, and most importantly, our desires. There are so many things that we don't need that we insist on creating, but that's not what I'm referring to. I'm referring to the people who go to college to get a degree in something that they love so they can make money doing that for the rest of their working life. This leaves people who can't afford college, or who simply do not care, to do the jobs that nobody wants to do or whatever they can.
In a Utopian society, everyone can do what they want, not just the people who can afford to pay for college, or the people who get scholarships. There might be some people who want to put water in bottles, or who want to grow corn, but I doubt there are as many as who are doing it. Nowadays, it's about making enough to support yourself, your kids, and the million other things that society dictates you have, such as a car, television, internet, etc. How else would they get the news or get to their job? (It is noted that a lot of countries have country-wide public transportation, and that America is simply too spread out to use such means.)
This poses a problem for our Utopia. There is almost no way that the amount of farmers and factory workers they would have after many leave to pursue their actual interest could sustain the entire community, unless I am missing out on something and farming and manufacturing are highly desired jobs. But it is not limited just to farming and manufacturing that are necessary yet undesired- here's a list of the least desired jobs of 2013, according to
10. Construction Worker
9. Early Childhood Educators
8. Auto Workers
7. Rig Worker
6. Postal Service Mail Sorters
5. Customer Service
4. Computer Operators
3. Teachers
2. Farmers
1. Machinists
As you can see, a lot of these jobs are incredibly necessary to how our society functions today. If you take away construction workers, you never have any new buildings, and the buildings we have crumple to dust out of neglect. If you take away farmers, we become hunter-gatherers again or we farm for ourselves. Teachers are required to teach out young how to maintain our society. There are so many aspects of our cushioned life that would fall apart if everyone was allowed
to run about doing whatever it was they pleased.
Also, the jobs that are highly desired would be flooded with workers, making it nearly impossible for anything original to be created. This is not nearly as big of a problem as the lack of employees doing undesired jobs.
Next is the discrimination. People in our modern societies are separated by rich and poor. Rich people are the ones with nice cars, big houses, and other nice things. If you suddenly come in and take these away from them, they would likely be outraged, causing for uprisings and such.