In order for the Community to function properly all memories, feeling and free thought had to be given up. Not only did this allow them to forget all of the pain that had been suffered throughout human history, it also prevented members of the Community from wanting to engage in activities and relationships that could result in conflict and suffering, and eliminated any nostalgia for the things the community gave up in order to live in total peace and harmony. Imagine never getting to choose who you marry or how many kids you want, in the Community you have no choice other than if you want to marry and when you want kids. The number and sex of these children has already been determined for you: one boy and one girl, no more – no less. Don’t even think about naming your child, that’s already been done for you. I can’t image what childhood would be like without colors, animals, feelings, and love. It just seems odd to me that no one in the community ever thought about what they were missing out on in order to have their “perfect” society.
I think what disturbs me the most is the Community’s concept of “release”. If a majority of the people in the community know what release really is, how can they continue to believe that they live in a perfect society? They treat death as if it were a solution to a problem and not the pointless destruction of a human life. Perfection does not mean Sameness and Sameness will never a Utopia make.
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