Utopia Vs Dictatorship

Merriam Webster defines a utopia as “an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social condions are perfect,” (Merriam Webster). The current state of the world, including obstructive governments, nonexistent laws, and immoral social conditions, is clearly moving further from the utopian ideal. In certain areas, dictatorships, oligarchies, plutocracies, and other harmful forms of government hold control of their citizens. In countries situated in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and central Africa, dictators hold most, if not all, of the political power. The citizens of these countries are forced to support the dictator who is able to maintain rule through rigged or even absent elections. Dissentors are harshly punished, leaving no one to oppose the dictator. With only one person in power, civil rights are denied, ignored, and eliminated completely. Similar to the dictatorships, oligarchies still exist in centeral Asia and certain Middle Eastern countries (Amadeo). Like dictatorships, they deny civil rights and maintain power through corrupt ways. While not

Many United Nation treaties are designed to improve the world, yet are not ratified by all countries. For example, the United States has noy ratified any treaty designed to promote women’s equality promoted by the United Nations (Burn). The United States is also infamous for not signing the Kyoto Protocol when it was created, which was designed to limit toxic emissions. Outside of the United Nations, the United States has also failed to pass legislature within the country. Acts such as the Equal Rights Amendment could have brought about positive change, but were never ratified. As time goes on, more laws, treaties, and ammendments are being proposed with the potential to help, yet are not being accepted, leading the world further from the utopian