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Sir Thomas More's Utopian Society

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Sir Thomas More’s utopian idea consists of the abolishment of all types of private property. This idea can not be realized in the real world; but in a fantasy world without the human influence, such an idea would work in theory. Sir Thomas More explains in this excerpt that, in the real world, laws can essentially lessen the importance of private property, but the effects of such belongings still exist. Therefore, the problem cannot disappear and the utopian society cannot exist while human nature still exists . Sir Thomas More’s idea is one that now falls under the realm of communism. As both he and history explains, communism cannot exist in reality. In a hypothetical world, the idea of all property being public is a good idea. Such a system

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