A respone to Thomas More's statement that "As long as private property remains, the largest and far the best part of mankind will be oppressed with an inescapable load of cares and anxieties."

Sir Thomas More's Utopia <Tab/>As clearly defined by the title, Sir Thomas More strives to lay the plans for a perfect society through equality by economic, political, and social means. The idea he presents as his strongest point is the concept of the dissolution of private property. Yet while his concepts are nearly perfect in theory, there is much question to their validity in reality. <Tab/>…

…government based upon the people for self government. There is no doubt in my mind that this is why America proceeded to win the Cold War in respect not to military or negotiable achievements but the fact that its economics smothered the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union's economic system promoted no individual growth or economic stability and is thus the reason why they succumbed to a drastic change in government, thereby ending the Cold War.