Why Do Utopias Fail

“Utopias is that is in contradiction with reality.” Albert Camus. What is a Utopia? A Utopia is a world or society where everything is perfect. Many groups of people have been trying to start utopias for many decades. They are know for working for a short period of time but then begin to fail. Utopias often fail because of two reasons; their rules and their economy.

Utopias are not a productive way to live. For instance, the rules are a large factor for Utopias to become an unpredictable way to live. Having so many rules can create more chaos. To demonstrate, a Utopia called Fruitlands, had a rule that they would all be vegetarians. To illustrate this point, “The group of 11 adults and a small number of children were forbidden to eat meat or any animal product…,” (4 Utopian Communities That Didn’t Pan Out). This rule for Fruitlands became the main reason why it collapsed. Unable to eat any meat products, caused their supply of grains and fruits to run out. Creating the citizens of this Utopia to become sick and leave.

Having everyone follow the same rules can cause problems in the economy. For instance, Pullman’s Capitalist Utopia, a failed utopia, had economy problems. These economy problems were created because Pullman had began, “demanding more and more rent to offset company losses, while union sentiment grew among the employee residents,”(4 Utopian Communities That Didn’t Pan out). The citizens that live in Pullman’s Capitalist Utopia got two paychecks, one for rent and one for everything else. The paycheck for rent went right back to Pullman. Pullman began, to demand more and more rent from the people to offset the company losses. This lead to the collapsing of this utopia. This change lead to this Utopias’