George Orwell's Vision Of A Utopian Society

“Utopian visions provide an ideal which people can then struggle to reach,” said Erin Mckenna. The idea of a utopia is out of human reach, because the fight to obtain that “perfection” is too great a task. George Orwell’s vision of a Utopian Society is not attainable, because of factors like the people, the government, and society. A state of perfection in this world, at this time is not realistic. Man’s wants and desires overpower and begin to corrupt.

To begin, “It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day,” said Frank Kellogg, an American politician. No one can change their ways in a day, especially not a humanity as a whole. Each human being has imperfections within themselves, which leads to mistakes. How can one live in a utopia, if their actions are not up to code? They can’t. Near perfection is not possible within an imperfect society. If one person decided to change their ways, everyone else would have to follow in the same direction, in order to continue the “status quo”. Therefore, how can there be a faultless society, because within that society you do not have flawless

people.
Next, Ludwig van Mises said, “There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.” Leaders, they all have one thing in common- power. How they each choose to use that power is solely their decision. The government is run in a certain way, they have certain rules, and they have certain standards, but sometimes those are overlooked by leadership and they begin to be ignored. In some way each leader is blinded by power, and that power can lead to corruption. But what if it was the other way around? “Power does not corrupt people, people corrupt power.” William Gaddis makes a good point. The choice of how one uses their power is up to them. Power is not an evil or vile thing unless one’s choices become unethical and one’s judgement is unprincipled. One can choose to use that power in a way that degrades humanity or in a way that contributes positively. Each leader within the offices of power have different opinions, which means different choices and attitude towards issues. How can one decide what “perfection” is, if not one is perfect? The vision of a utopia is not feasible, because there is no way of deciding and obtaining that “perfection” if everyone is thinking differently within an office of power.
Others may look at a utopian society and think that that way of life is attainable, but extremely difficult.

Yes, in some ways a utopia is possible, but in no way has our society reached that point. All factors still have to be decided. What if there are still people that don’t agree and people that don’t hit the mark. What then? “Every utopia- let's just stick with the literary ones- faces the same problem, what do you do with the people that don’t fit in” says Margaret Atwood. If the expectation of perfection is reached, then choices will be based on the people and their behaviors. In reality there will always be exceptions to the common rule and way of life. “Impossible is not a fact it is an opinion.” Muhammad Ali, states that “the impossible” is not factual, it is a viewpoint. Therefore, one's belief of the impossible utopian society is just a

perspective.
Continuing, another factor that dosen’t make a utopian society possible, is society! Within a society there are many different personalities and characteristics, not one human being is the same. If that is the case, then a utopia is reasonable goal to work towards with society. How can everyone reach a point of perfection, if no is capable of perfection? Society, equals people, people equals imperfections and differences, imperfections and differences equal opinions, opinions equal behavior, and behavior equals a way of life. How can that be changed?
In conclusion, Orwell’s vision of a Utopian Society is not attainable, because of factors like people, the government, and society. Victor Hugo said, “Our life dreams the utopia. Our death achieves the ideal.” we can only hope and dream perfection. One can dream of the perfect place and people, but that dream won’t be achieved until one dies, because that state of perfection is not possible for a single one of us. “Perhaps the greatest utopia would be if we could all realize that no utopia is possible; no place to run, no place to hide” (Jack Carroll).