Perfect Utopian Society Case Study

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Matthew Mackie
ENC1102
Ms. Martin
07 Feb 2017
The Case for and Against a Perfect Utopian Society
Government is in play all over the world. From small towns, to large cities, to districts and counties, and of course countries. There are many forms of government that have come and gone throughout mankind’s history. They all have varying kinds of success. Perhaps the two which have had the most success are democracies and republics. These types of governments are where the people elect representatives to represent them and their best interests and make laws.
Other forms of governments include monarchies, aristocracies, and dictatorships. Within these various forms, they branch out into other forms. One path is a dictatorship which is
However, despite this there is still the vision of this communist utopia that many people dream of. If you’re part of the working class who struggles with adequate wages and being able to feed yourself and under the constant threat of unemployment, it’s reasonable to understand the resent the people of Russia had for their government and why they revolted against the government and overthrow to guarantee themselves a more stable future in this communist utopia. In the Soviet Union, the government declared themselves free of all unemployment. “On March 13, 1930, the last Labor Exchange in the Soviet Union closed (in
Moscow). After that, the Soviet Union declared itself the world's first country that finally put an end to unemployment.” (How hammer and sickle eliminated unemployment in USSR). If the communist government truly ended unemployment, then the revolution was a total success. The people got what they wanted and thanks to communism, everyone had a job. This was the ideal situation for everyone who participated or supported the revolutions to get there.
Although, the communist government was never a true, or pure, communism. “Pure communism is characterized by an aspiration to the total control over society, and a
It’s hard to be satisfied in a pure communist society because there’s a very small opportunity to move up in a communist society. Another reason the system fell apart was communism wasn’t ran like a real communist society like philosopher Karl Marx wanted it to be. It was more like a dictatorship. Stalin had an iron grip on the Russian people and ruled by terror. He had secret police to run operations to take down political opponents or those who would oppose them. He would sentence them to the gulags or make an example through public executions. Perhaps the worst of this came during ‘The Great Purge’ which was an attempt to get rid of anyone within the party, military, or other parts of the USSR who could threaten his power. Stalin also had powers to cause famines at his will and starve his own citizens. This was demonstrated by when he caused a famine in Ukraine that lead to the death of over 7,000,000 ethnic and non-ethnic Ukrainians in a power move to dispel those trying to seek independence from the USSR. (historyplace.com) There’s so many more atrocities that Stalin committed against his own people that an entire separate essay could be written about it. This