Utopia Is a Promise Worth Fighting For

The haunting impossibility of a society that lives up to our stated ideals can feel painful when set against the actual societies that fall so far short of them. This is why the dream of utopia, or “no place,” has disturbed the sleep of many thinkers for so long it can feel instead like a nightmare. Given the hypocrisy of a world where cruelty often feels like the point, what business do we have supposing things could be better? How can allegedly wise and intelligent people dream of utopia when…