Utopia -- The perfect community. Everyone is happy, every citizen has a role and fulfills his or her duty and responsibilities in a caring and complete manner. The community is established to take advantage of every citizen's unique characteristics and God-given talents. It is a community of order and grace, with free will in choosing one's future and path in life as long as it does not conflict with the overall scheme of the community. The community's harmony is always placed above the individual's right to choose.
In Utopia, each individual is subject to constant and consistent testing to help the individual in choosing a pathway that will ensure his or her happiness, while at the same time maximizing the contribution made by that individual to the community. A specific role is determined at the appropriate time for each citizen based on specific talents and characteristics. The role can be as mundane as sweeping the streets or as complex as being a rocket scientist. A decision as to each citizen's specific role is made based on the ongoing testing conducted throughout the each person's life. A citizen who has performed a certain role for a certain number of years can request a change and if such a change is reasonable and can be shown to be compatible with the community's harmony, then it will be granted, especially if the citizen has maintained a good record in his or her previous responsibilities.
No one is Utopia is any richer or poorer than his or her neighbor. Because each individual is contributing to the community in a unique manner, their compensation is not based on the particular skillset needed to accomplish their daily tasks. Everyone shares in the wealth of the community in an equal manner. All goods and services that are necessary for the safety, survival and comfort of the individual are doled out by the community in equal...
Therefore, the street sweeper is compensated at the same rate as the rocket scientist. Those individuals who are unable to care for themselves will be cared for in an equal manner by the community. Those individuals who are able to care for themselves but refuse to do so, will be asked to leave the community.
Dystopia -- Dystopia is very similar to Utopia. It is a modern community filled with many goods and services that are supplied to the citizens in a manner that ensures that every citizen is compensated in the same manner as his or her neighbor. Every individual has a role in the community that is based on assessing that person's particular skills and talents. Every citizen faces mandatory participation in ongoing testing similar to the testing conducted in Utopia. Based on the test results, a specific role for each individual is chosen by the leaders of the community for that individual.
The key difference between Dystopia and Utopia is that the individual citizen in Dystopia has no say so in what role he or she will assume either before or after the testing is complete. Additionally, once a role has been assigned to that person, that person cannot request or even consider changing his or her role in the community. Each individual when assigned a role will perform that role to the best of his or her ability and will be expected to maintain that role in a comprehensive and complete manner. Even if the person has had an exemplary record, changes to the role assigned will not be considered or granted.
Cultural differences
A recent article espoused the existence of family enterprises that "widely exist in countries of the world" (Mengyun, Chuanming, 2012, p. 89).
The family unit is a mainstay in many of the cultures of the world…
