Perfect Society

2 Pages 469 Words

Many people often wonder what the perfect culture would be like. Though, Americans think they’re perfect, they’re far from it. It’s the ignorance that we as Americans have, that makes us believe that we will always be superior to other cultures. Maybe, we wrong. Maybe there’s some other culture out there that’s far more superior to our “American Dream.” While most make the American culture out to be the ideal one, I feel much differently. If it were up to me, I’d have my own culture. It would consist of mainly peace, understanding, and freedom of expression.

Peace in my culture would have to come before anything else because, in order to have my “perfect culture,” there would need to be peace before anything else would be possible. Since peace is such a general description, there would have to be more specific orders of peace in my culture. First, there would still be hierarchy. Without hierarchy, the people in my culture wouldn’t know where their place is or what they should do with their life/job. Second, there would have to be law and order or there would be chaos. It states in the Bible that God made the Ten Commandments for his people because there would be chaos without them. Third, the people in my culture need to make a living. Without making a living, the people in my culture wouldn’t have food, shelter or clothing, which would defeat the purpose of having a “perfect culture.”

Besides peace, my ideal “perfect culture” would have to have understanding. When people understand, it’s more peaceful. Everyone would be helpful to others and have no greed. Greed is the thing that keeps us from understanding because greed came first. If understanding came first, there would be no greed. People would share what they have with others. Everyone would have mutual respect for each other and would trust each other. My culture would be honest and caring. If understanding existed in m...