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Utopia vs. dystopia

Utopia is the idea of a perfect civilization wherein the beauties of society reign; such as equality, no discrimination, a perfect legal system, law abiding citizens or a law free society due to being crime free and eco friendly etc. On the other hand there is also the idea of Dystopia which is, the opposite of Utopia, a perception of a society which is filled with misery and widespread suffering which can be defined by war, poverty, disease, violence, pollution and much more. Dystopia can also be found within many different aspects of society such as nature, politics, economics and religion.

Utopia has never been experienced, as there are countless numbers of flaws in society such
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