Civilization's very existence is ONLY for the purposes of finding Utopia or else there's no point to it.
If we're not dedicated to finding Utopia or at the very least the next best thing to it, we might as well revert to the Law of the Jungle. No sense in being a poser, right?
Isn't one of the catchphrases of this country called "A More Perfect Union"?
Doesn't that sound like a motto dedicated to achieving Utopia or the closest thing possible?
Saying nothing's perfect is a cop-out.
Yeah I know nothing's perfect. Every bit of matter & anti-matter in this universe is incomplete.
There's always something it lacks.
But that doesn't mean we should give up & not at least go for 2nd best.
That doesn't mean we should give up & not at least go for 925th best.
Let's at least try to get Good if we can't get Perfect.
Let's at least try for Decent before we try for Good.
We're not even Decent yet!
Anybody in the business of going for an organized society has the DUTY, not the choice, the DUTY to take this Civilization experiment further.
To perfect the imperfection as much as they can in ways great & small.
Why?
Because there were those before us who did these very things for us.
We're the recipient of past perfection attempts on this Civilization experiment.
But I understand that #2 truth that People Are Lazy.
I'm not surprised that folks won't even try. It's natural. Takes a lot of energy to do this.
That's why I simply ask for folks to just consider the notion.
Small energy to do that.
But just by that simple shift in thought the change will have begun.
"Is Civilization's entire existence formed for the sake of finding Utopia?"
"Yes."
And there's your first step. The other steps will follow in like pattern.
John Lucas
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