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Wayne Karol's avatar

Utopianism always seems to have a dangerous corollary: that if the world isn't as perfect as it could/ would/should be, it must be the fault of [insert your preferred villain].

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Ralph J Hodosh's avatar

Sometimes the villain is identified as the people themselves who are deemed not ready for the utopian new world. Therefore, the people must be made ready through education and those who cannot be educated must be eliminated. Of course, human nature and utopia being what they are, the people are never ready and the charade does not end well.

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