Utopia

Ever since civilization began some thousands of years ago, mankind has tried over and over to achieve 'perfection', but has failed each and every time. This is because we will never find the perfect source to base our perfection. To base perfection on nature is almost absurd. Most modern civilizations live on the silent code that they are always a step above nature. When I say that, I mean natural societies such as schools of fishes, flocks of birds and stuff like that. So technically, we can only copy and 'improve' on these natural societies as humans are well, different.

So what else can we base our Utopia upon? Religion? They've tried, in fact some still trying but will eventually fail when something like the renaissance era occurs. Religion traps people in a thought cage. When one is bound by religion, every thought is judged by god and every action has a significant a equal consequence in the afterlife, or on your karma. So that would lead people to be 'good' right? Of course! When you are threatened by something you cannot control like religion or god, you must conform. But this will lead to the holocaust of thought. Just like what happened in Europe in the dark ages. And thought suppression is hard for people to deal with. Well some people at least. In conclusion, religion cannot be what we base the perfect society upon because we need people who can work outside the box, people who can question the orthodox and move against the flow without fear. Otherwise, we will never advance.

Could we base our perfect society on science? Hell no! Science and the advancement of technology are the most destructive forces when put in human hands. Almost every thing that science produces/discovers/invents is only morally neutral before placed in the responsibility of humans. Yes, science does cure many things, but ultimately, it leads to destruction. Cars, weapons, technological breakthroughs, synthetics, and such have lead to the degradation of the Earth. And these were all products of science. The MAIN reason why science can never be used as a basis for a perfect society is because science is based on not having ethics. For example, a dedicated scientist who is not constrained by the rules of religion, law, and ETHICS would most likely do experiments against peoples will and such. So science is definitely out.

A perfect blend of all the elements? Guess what? Thats whats happening right now! So an equal blend where one element looks after the other would sound like a win win situation. Maybe it all depends on how you look at it. After all, nature is still being destroyed, science isn't satisfied with the boundaries that have been placed, and religion isn't very happy with the way people are now. But all of them are getting their slice of the pie. In the end, Utopia will always be unique to each person. One might argue that we should go back to our roots, but thats impossible, not with the thousands of years of evolution of civilization that it took for us to reach this point. And when any of these elements try to outdo another, we have disaster.

When nature wants its voice to be heard, we have cyclones, disease outbreaks, earthquakes and such. When religion wants to dominate, holy wars, crusades, holocausts, jihads, and stuff like that break out. And when science unleashes its terror, we have atomic bombs, nuclear winter, biological weapons, etc. These 'element' disasters are uncontrollable and will definitely occur once in a while to bring balance. If we still want anything close to a perfect world, there must be compromise. A perfect balance (which is somehow still going to bring the apocalypse in 2012), where 'good' and 'evil' acts coexist, where destruction and creation are in harmony. Impossible....