Utopia Essay

Ben Franklin himself said, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

There are two subjects essential to this warning, the oppressive overbearing authority and the people who are willing to sacrifice their liberty for security.

There are for possible outcomes with these two subjects:

1. The people of the nation have an attitude that does not allow a domineering government, thus out of fear no domineering government arises.

2. The people of the nation have an attitude that does not allow a domineering government, nevertheless a domineering government arises under radar.

3. The people of the nation have an attitude that allows themselves to be dominated, thus a domineering government arises.

4. The people of the nation have an attitude that allows themselves to be dominated, a domineering government however does not arise.

Opportunity is a time or set of circumstances that allows for a possible action to occur. Given the opportunity, a domineering government will arise

History will repeat itself, it has time and time again. Utopia is virtually impossible by its very definition as applied to the philosophy of today. The inevitable outcome of all organized systems is thus the enslavement of the human majority and the eventual revolution of a new system.

Thus outcomes number two and three are most likely to happen eventually. The question remaining is thus, how can a nation prevent a domineering government for the longest time? This is outcome number one comes into play; a democratic system is by its very design meant to prevent a domineering government from arising. Outcome number four is the most unlikely to happen becau...

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...ew act and lead it down a path it was never meant to go. The people of the United States are now more than ever willing to sacrifice their liberty for security.

Dependency on government leads to a loss of personal liberty. The government should seek to make the people more independent and less reliant on social welfare programs. The fact that we see more dependent people now than ever before is a sure sign that U.S. citizens are sacrificing their liberties for security and comfort.

We are not necessarily meant to live a comfortable lifestyle. Such a life would chock the freedom's that make hero's out of men.

We need to separate the definition of peace and the definition of comfort as it applies to a people's own independence.

The attitudes of the people who will allow themselves to be dominated is by far worse than a domineering government.