Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of all Utopias—boredom.
Arthur C. ClarkeI abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears.
Shelby FooteTags: perfection boredom utopia
You can use your idealism to further your aims, if you realize that nothing is Nirvana, nothing is perfect.
Jon StewartThere are also those who delusively if not enthusiastically surrender their liberty for the mastermind’s false promises of human and societal perfectibility. He hooks them with financial bribes in the form of ‘entitlements.’ And he makes incredible claims about indefectible health, safety, educational, and environmental policies, the success of which is to be measured not in the here and now but in the distant future.
For these reasons and more, some become fanatics for the cause. They take to the streets and, ironically, demand their own demise as they protest against their own self-determination and for ever more autocracy and authoritarianism. When they vote, they vote to enchain not only their fellow citizens but, unwittingly, themselves. Paradoxically, as the utopia metastasizes and the society ossifies, elections become less relevant. More and more decisions are made by the masterminds and their experts, who substitute their self-serving and dogmatic judgments — which are proclaimed righteous and compassionate — for the the individual’s self-interests and best interests.
Tags: utopia
Life is about means not ends. There is no utopia to be gained, there is no end-state that is static and eternal, once accomplished. This was one of the great lies of communism. Likewise, capitalism offers the great deception that thanks to its machinations everyone will be richer in the future, thus justifying gross inequality and humiliation today.
Carne RossTags: politics capitalism communism utopia
Old Rekohu’s claim to singularity, however, lay in its unique pacific creed. Since time immemorial, the Moriori’s priestly caste dictated that whosoever spilt a man’s blood killed his own mana - his honor, his worth, his standing
David MitchellTags: peace war civilization utopia
In the world union, prosperity is a science, self-interest a new religion, peace is at hand and the future has never looked brighter.
B. BarmanbekTags: future science-fiction crime utopia
Now, this was a combination that she wouldn’t dare to dream of, even in her worst nightmare.
B. BarmanbekTags: future science-fiction crime utopia
This director could say many things about duty, and self-respect, and dignity, but she knew none of these meant much in the post-modern world.
B. BarmanbekTags: future science-fiction crime utopia
She liked who she was becoming, despite the pain and frustration it brought.
B. BarmanbekTags: future science-fiction crime utopia
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