It is possible for humanity to achieve a utopian society.

Claims: 1. If all people were sufficiently distracted with lovers, entertainment, and social interaction. 2. Get the world to agree on a common government. 3. Socialism is the perfect form of government for this common world government. Rebuttal: 1. The problem with this is that what many people want is perfectly at odds with what other people want. Take lovers for instance. There will always be quarells over lovers as two or more people may become interested in the same target. This target may even become interested in two or more of those vying for affection. The other major problem with this is that it assumes there is one answer for everyone on each of the aforementioned topics. People come in so many different shapes and sizes that one answer could not possible be the correct answer for all people. Take lovers again for instance. Some will fall in love with someone of the same sex, or any number of other objects of potential affection that many people find inappropriate. Those finding it inapropriate will limit the person's ability to achieve his/her object, resulting in a form of oppression. This is equally true for entertainment, as some find entertainment where others find disgust. 2. I admit that this may be slightly more likely to occur than the former claim, but not by much. Even if this were to occur, problems would still arise. Regions would still find disagreement with other regions over something (funding, access to resources, more control over their own existence). It would be a very formidable task to convince all nations, regions, and ethnicities to peacefully coexist under one world government. You must convince all nations to denounce their sovereignty - a nearly impossible task to begin with since people are not inclined to willingly give up power. In attempting this, the most likely outcome would be a few large confederations attempting to force the other confederations to join their own. 3. The question that would arise in such a government is who is to control the vast array of resources implied by a worldwide government. If it is controlled by Russians, Ukrainians may get the short end, if by christians, non-christians may have to do with less. If it is a conglomeration of interests, one interest is bound to win out through political manuevering since it is human nature to seek improvement of station. Ultimately one person or one interest group will gain more power than the others, resulting in oppression or inequality for some other groups. This is not a utopia. Conclusion: Humans have many different and often competing interests that make giving everyone what they want impossible. It would be a long, violent road to convince all sovereign nations to give up their sovereignty to join one World Government. Socialism as the One World Government would result in inequality for some interest groups. My opponent has specified that he wishes to create a worldwide utopia and not a smaller, isolated Utopia. Because of the immense difficulties present in human nature, this is utterly impossible. For these reasons, it is impossible to achieve a perfect Utopia in reality.