Is your perfect my perfect?

There are approximately seven billion people in the world right now based on the last census, with that being said I believe there are close to seven billion different ideas of a utopia. Can they all be the same? Impossible.

Everyone has different mindsets and beliefs which would cause people to disagree with at least one thing in a perfect society; whether it's our taste in music, what we wear, who we associate ourselves with, no matter what it is someone will have something to say. We were made to be critical beings. We were made to speak when we felt the need to and to stand up for what we believe in. It takes time, work and patience to get the "perfect" society we all want but we also need to work together to do so.

So the main question is, is it possible?

Just take a moment and think about all the stupid things we argue about. Do you honestly believe a group of people can come to terms on a matter of this size? If so, please tell me why we haven't then. The only way I can picture something of this matter being discussed is only if someone is holding everyone at gunpoint and we all know the probability of that happening is most defiantly no.

That's why I believe that everything should not have to be perfect there should be general terms that everyone can somewhat agree to which would help our society become somewhat "perfect". For instance, housing and finical stability would play a major part in everything. If we could all be finically stable and make the same amount without feeling like we are competing with one another, we would eliminate all the classes (lower, middle and higher). With that being said I think this is something that everyone can agree on rather than most of the sensitive topics that cause a stir in our society. This would make things very simple which I find key to a utopia.

In my eyes, a perfect society is a place where everyone has a clear understanding and purpose for their lives. The main struggle we have as a society today is not knowing what we truly want out of life. Not knowing what we want to become of ourselves and why. All our lives are too fixated on the notion that getting an education is the only way to attain a job and a successful life. Since we struggle so much now, I believe that having the doubt and struggle portion of our lives figured out for us would help us in the long run. In the poem where she says “If any doubts arise, the wind dispels them instantly.” This would prevent them from having to be removed if it's already figured out.

The communication between higher-ups and everyone else would be constant and all decisions would benefit everyone. For instance, mainly all resources would be easy to access for everyone. Everyone having access to resources would bring equality amongst all people. We will all have the same amount of supplies, food.etc.

In Szymbroska's poem, there's multiple things that I can agree on, in the first line where she states "Island where all becomes clear". I believe there should be an overall clear understanding of how life goes daily. There's no confusion as to what goes on. We should be able to wake up one morning and ask ourselves " what am I doing today?" And then the answer is right there for us. We should not have to live our lives in question or doubt. Having agreed with Szymborska's point, opened my ears to realize how much of a struggle everyone goes through from time to time.

To be completely honest my perfect society would consist of equality amongst everyone. Everyone within the society would have a clear mindset and know what they want in their life and have the power to achieve it. I would want struggle and poverty not to exist. I would want something better than what we are settling for now.

-Wislawa Szymborska, Map: Collected and Last Poems, Mariner Books, 2015

Malachi A.

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