Worthwhile

During a discussion today I have realized that it does not matter whether or not the world can become a Utopian society, at least for me, because I could never exist in that society.

As far as I can understand the only possibility for a utopia would be to have a totalizing world view that everyone was in agreement with, however when I say everyone I do not mean everyone on earth at this moment. I doubt there is any possible perspective that everyone in the world could get behind, due to language barriers, class structures, religious beliefs and a myriad of other distinctions that people pride themselves on. So after removal of however many millions it would take to slim out the population enough to have one idea that could encompass all people, they could continue on, following the one principle, teaching their children that it was always like that and moving forward from there.

Many writer's who have attempted to explain the future as utopia always introduce an individual as being the only blip in an otherwise perfect world, but being individuals themselves, the writers often time try to show the positive side of individualism, as containing art and beauty and love. Problem being that until the individual shows up (be it Guy Montag, John the savage or Winston Smith, etc.) no one is dissatisfied, no one is unhappy, no one is hungry, no one is poor, and so it is that the utopia is literally the best thing for the most people. Depth in life causes pain, loving one person over others causes jealousy and rage, everything about an individual that makes him/her unique is their flaws or by contrast their superiority over all others (which makes those peoples flaws all the more obvious) and we live in uncertainty through this world.

Now I argue that love is a perfectly acceptable sacrifice to remove hate, that in fact we should give up the practice of art, war and politics to make way for the Utopia that would ensure all people's pleasure and satisfaction throughout their lives (without a guarantee or even notion of a just afterlife I believe we should maximize contentedness and destroy displeasure in life). But I said before that I could not fit into a utopia, and that is because I am a product of this world and this life, have developed love and hate and a range of other human emotions, have learned to actually love stoicism and generally believe myself to be important.

If Utopia is guaranteed I will be the first to march to the volcano to make way for infinite generations of contented people, but until then I will be petty, artful and generally kind as long as the world is the way it is, and I am a part of it (whether I like it or not).

In conclusion I love and hate for the lack of ability to do anything else.