Utopian ideals are also not the same as a Utopia. Leaders in our history such as Adolf Hitler wanted a Utopian world that in his eyes would be a perfect way of life for all to follow. Hitler was mad man who killed and dehumanized entire races of people in trying to achieve his Utopia. François Marie Charles Fourieris a man probably must of you have never heard of was a French utopian socialist philosopher who’s utopian socialist views inspired the founding of the community called La Reunion near present-day Dallas, Texas. Although Fourier did not find the need to kill to achieve his Utopia he still manage to dehumanize the Jewish race “There were incentives: jobs people might not enjoy doing would receive higher pay. Fourier considered trade, which he associated with Jews, to be the "source of all evil" and advocated that Jews be forced to perform farm work in the phalansteries. But Fourier had some good ideas he was a supporter of women’s rights and defended homosexuality.
So throughout history there were and still are men and women who seek a Utopian world. But in all cases their Utopian World is never really perfect in the end it seems that someone always suffers.
If you are interested in reading more about François Marie Charles Fourier following this link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fourier
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