• FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Let’s go with the Cambridge definition:

    a perfect society in which people work well with each other and are happy

    The Oxford Languages definition is incomplete enough to not be a valid counter argument - “perfect” doesn’t mean everyone 100% gets what they want. The only sensible interpretation is “perfect” from a societal perspective.

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      4 days ago

      Well we may just have to disagree. Even your definition requires that everyone be happy, and cooperating. I think that goes against your earlier contention that regardless of what people want, utopia has an objective definition.

      It is what people want it to be, and people want different things.