There are many social and political problems faced nowadays in societies around the globe. A few of these are the problem of overpopulated jails, religious toleration, and warfare. "Utopia" has presented many usable ideas in creating a new society that has fewer social and political problems although some of the presented ideas may not be as useful in modern societies because of advancements made throughout time.

Over the decades the jails have been filing up with inmates put in jail for the simplest of crimes. Such crimes include not paying fines on time, continuation of minor traffic violations, minor theft, and so forth. An idea that was presented in "Utopia" was the use of inmates for agricultural and economic purposes. This would enable the inmates to experience a life with restrictions. It would also lead the government to not pay such expenses for people while they just sit around in jail being served. The criminals would have to work their way out of a sentence, depending on the severity of their crime. In doing this penance the inmates might acquire some level of remorse or even guilt for what they had done. Putting inmates in jail would only deflate the economic sys

Religious toleration is becoming a needed aspect of the American society in order to avoid unnecessary problems and conflicts. For example in "Utopia," they had religious toleration. There were few, if hardly any disputes at all about religion. As stated "When Utopos heard how they'd behaved...So immediately after his victory he made a law, by which everyone was free to practice what religion he liked, and to try and convert other people to his own faith, provided he did it quietly and politely, by rational argument. But, if he failed to convince them, he was not allowed to make bitter attacks on other religions, nor to employ violence or personal abuse." In "Utopia" the normal penalty for religious outburst was either exile or slavery. If America could adopt the Utopians' way of thinking there would be fewer wars and disputes over what religion was correct and which one was inferior. Also less advertisement of religions would not force people to hear about a religion that they have no particular interest in. In "Utopia" they heard of the Christ and many converted and were baptized from their old religion into their new religion. There were hardly any problems with people choosing a different religion; everyone was all right with it. If there was this sort of equality in America then we would have no problems with others religious affil

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