Since the beginning of time, man has tried to devise a perfect political system. Plato designed a utopian Republic, while Karl Marx radically changed the face of the earth by offering a secular state that is supposed to be sufficient for all. In more contemporary literature pieces, George Orwell gave us a view of what a utopia gone bad might look like. In Aldous Huxley's version of utopia, we see that no matter how wonderful everything is on the outside, there are still underlying differences among all of us. However, the attempt to bring about an ideal humanistic system has fallen short of success. Some of the great things these systems propose to offer are financial and legal equality, and peace and moral freedom. These ideals are not sufficient for all individuals, resulting in people being left disillusioned. All perfect utopian political systems are fatally flawed. It is foolish to try to please all people at the time with simple comforts. Hence, utopias are doomed to fail.
It is possible to improve upon our current society, but not to the point of perfection. The main reason that a true utopia will never be realized is that people are different. Human beings have a soul, free will, and the right to choose. For a utopian society to work, the population of that society needs to be equal. This ideal can be commonly associated with the social system known as Communism. Familiar behavioral phenomena suggest that what is politically "good," in the human interpretation, includes not only the human tendency for teamwork and communication, but also the yearning for individual (and minority) rights and freedoms, and interests other than a citizen's duties to the public culture. In a scientific interpretation, Communism is reliable only in special, limited applications. Therefore, it is not a true utopia.
The main deterrent of a utopian state is the inherent differences that we as humans are born with.
