TehBamski@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoWe're living in a utopia... It's just not ours.message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down110
arrow-up181arrow-down1message-squareWe're living in a utopia... It's just not ours.TehBamski@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squaretomcatt360@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·11 hours agoUtopia means “no place” so all utopias, by definition are imaginary.,
minus-squareNegentropicBoy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 hours agoYes! "The word utopia was coined in 1516 from Ancient Greek by the Englishman Sir Thomas More for his Latin text Utopia. It literally translates as “no place”, " From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia
minus-squaresho@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoThis the etymology yes. “But it now usually describes an ideal society that is considered better than contemporary society.” So, as you can see we’re not in ancient greece, are we? “Buzz lightyear smug squint”
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 hours agoSo, when people say they’ll be happy in utopia, they’re unintentionally making a depressing dark joke?
Utopia means “no place” so all utopias, by definition are imaginary.,
Yes!
"The word utopia was coined in 1516 from Ancient Greek by the Englishman Sir Thomas More for his Latin text Utopia. It literally translates as “no place”, "
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia
This the etymology yes.
“But it now usually describes an ideal society that is considered better than contemporary society.”
So, as you can see we’re not in ancient greece, are we? “Buzz lightyear smug squint”
So, when people say they’ll be happy in utopia, they’re unintentionally making a depressing dark joke?
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