Individuals will continually aspire for a utopia, but they will never actually get there,

How does your reading of Thomas Mores Utopia reflect of reject this view
The people of our modern society, will continuously strive for the superficial concept of
utopia in futility. Thomas Mores Utopia, establishes the conditions and terms for the ideal
world through the perspective of a traveller and philosopher, Hythloday and the audience
presented with the conflicting ideas of Hythlodays and Mores on what is a true Utopia. The
island of Utopia, is allegedly the ideal image of the perfect world due to factors such as its
geographical isolation and lack of communication with other countries, the respected system
of communal or collective ownership and the lack of a caste system or occupational
hierarchy. However, Hythlodays portray of the perfect world is very unfamiliar to our
modern society and thus individuals will never achieve such a utopia.
Isolation is seen as a vital aspect of what is fundamentally a utopia. Hythloday describes the
island of Utopia to More and his friend Peter Giles. The islands, figure is not unlike a
crescent, which conveniently allows the various ports and harbours to be easily fortified.
Hythloday also states that, there is no great current great convenience for mutual
commerce, hence the islands isolation allows for an optimal style of life for its population,
unhindered by outside forces, convenient manoeuvres by inhabitants and a surplus of trade
and commerce. Unfortunately, our modern and realistic world harshly contradicts the
qualities of Utopia. Through enhanced technology, globalisation enables individuals to be
connected on a global scale, thus even though one may be geographically isolated, it is
impossible to achieve perfect isolation. Furthermore, countries heavily rely on each other for
the import and export of goods because natural resources vary from each country, hence there
is a significant communication and connection between the countries of the modern world
which mean isolation is never achieved. Thus, through the futility of our modern world
achieving perfect isolation, exemplified by the Utopians, individuals will never achieve a
utopia.
A system of collective goods, much like socialism and communism is a major factor of
Mores Utopia. Hythloday comments to More, that as long as there is any property, and
while money is the standard of all other things, I cannot think that a nation can be governed
either justly or happily. Utopia heavily relies on a system of shared goods and collective
properties which is definitive of a lack of private ownership and businesses. Theoretically,
Utopia proposes a system, similar to our concept of socialism and communism, where there is
an equal distribution of wealth and property; the only way to make a nation happy; which
cannot be obtained so long as there is property. However, in our modern world, communism
and socialism do not dominate as the worlds most popular government system. Throughout
history, there has always been idealistic conflict between capitalism and communism, such as
the Cold War, and hypothetically, a world where communism reigns supreme is hardly
plausible. Furthermore, even in communist countries, it is near impossible to achieve perfect
equality as depicted of the Utopians, due to multiple reasons such as authoritative figures lust
for total power and wealth. Thus individuals may aspire for, but will never achieve the
superficial concept of a utopia.

Mores Utopia, contradictory to our standards and system, have a deficiency of occupational
hierarchy. Hythloday states that Utopia provides a thorough education for all its citizens,
however the majority of the population is involved in peculiar trade to which he applies
himself; such as the manufacture of wool or flax, masonry, smiths work, or carpenters
work and in their resting or leisurely time, which unlike the European culture is prolific,
both men and women, of all ranks, go to hear lectures of one sort or other, according to their
inclinations, meaning they follow their academic desires in such time. This indicates that all
Utopians are working, and because they have no private ownership and business, their trade
and skills are all utilised in developing the island and its lands. Furthermore, it means that no
one is inclined to do nothing and be idle in comfort much unlike our society, where upper
class workers such as CEOs, businesses owners and authoritative figures such as politicians
do no menial tasks yet still earn a sizeable income. Thus, it is impossible for individuals to
achieve a Utopia unless there is an equalisation of the workforce.
Thomas Mores Utopia questions the standards and system of our modern world and
compares them to a superficial and conceptual idea of a utopia. Mores utopia depicts
fictitious systems and policies that contradicts a myriad of the ways our modern society
functions. Qualities of such utopia include isolation, communal ownership and a standardised
workforce, all of which is near impossible to achieve. Thus although Mores utopia seems
conceptually ideal and aspirational, it is impossible for individuals to achieve such an
otherworldly status.