My primary objection to the concept of Utopia—the notion of the perfectibility of man through human machination—is not so much that it leads inevitably to tyranny, as a good chunk of people always seem to stubbornly resist the efforts of the well-meaning Utopists to reform them. After all, what is a hard-working Utopist supposed to do when Imperfect Man blindly clings to his god and guns—he has no choice but to force him to see the Utopian light, and that omelet usually comes at the cost of more than a few broken eggs.
No, my primary objection to the Utopian Agenda is that it is a giant waste of time and effort. Witness the latest Utopian effort: The Elimination of Bullying. Yes, we all agree that bullying is a bad thing and that it in a “perfect world” there would be no bullying. But where most of us put “perfect world” in quotes to connote that no such thing will ever exist short of the second coming, the Utopist sees it as an actual goal that could be achieved if we all came together and followed his program to the letter. And if we fail the first time, well that’s because somebody wasn’t fully on board or we didn’t invest enough money in the whole idea.
Let’s take a step back and a deep breath on this whole bullying thing. Does anybody believe that any amount of money or re-education or anything else within the hands of fallen man is going to stop a broken-hearted and/or half-crazy bully from trying to subjugate the weak or meek who populate his immediate area of operation? Come on Utopists, we are Fallen, Dive and stop flailing around.
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