Thomas More in his famous work Utopia imagined Utopia, a perfect country where no private property, less laws, no adulterers, no slavery and don't punish people with different opinion lest you hear them. People lived in a perfect island. No lawyers needed for people solved their legal issues themselves. Thomas More was a lawyer himself yet he imagined a world without him. Laws should be simpler and people must be able to understand them so they can practice. The bureaucracy that sucks life out of people must be eradicated so that people are not frustrated and hopeless. Every nation must give hope to it's citizens. It's like the policeman help people feel safe and not feel scared. Politicians must help unite the people and not divide. But unfortunately divide is the mantra they utilize so that their selfish motives can be met.
Thomas More also refuted Utopia with dystopia. There is not a single perfect island, where everything and everyone is flawed. Humanity is fallen. The utopian island doesn't exist anymore. It didn't exist in early 16th century when Thomas wrote the book and it doesn't exist even today.
We look for Utopia in a dystopia. In other words we want dream world to unfold to us yet there's no such thing as dream world. Just one policy, live and let others live not lest others live.
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