Utopia #2

Book 2 caused a heated class discussion! It simply boiled down to if you liked the book or you didn't. The class was split on that decision. I agree with Thomas More with the idea of Utopia, about how everybody should dress the same, the work hours, and the education. The point that I was trying to get across in class is that how is Utopia that much different from today's society? Yeah true enough you have freedoms and choices, but sit back and evaluate, and you really don't. You can not wear what you want to wear. For example if you go to your job with a bikini top on and a g string, they will send you home and fire you. That is not a freedom, if that was there would be no consequences to your actions point blank. People in today's society are almost working 12 hour days, I don't believe that what Thomas More was purposing was not that extreme. When you start to accumulate bills and other adult responsibilities the luxury of traveling or any other frivolous expenses are cut to a minimum and there you are left with no options, either you go spend your money elsewhere and be homeless or you take care of your responsibilities and fun comes later. I mean some of the ideas were a little too much, especially not giving the choices in education, you strictly had to work on your land for 2 years after you attended school. Not everybody wants to do agriculture so yes I can see where that would create an issue with individual choices but ultimately if you re evaluate today's society and compare it to Thomas More's they are quite similar and actually it wouldn't be that much of a change if Utopia really existed. Just take a set back and look........