The United States Constitution as a Utopian ProposalFew people would disagree with the statement that America faces enormous challenges both to its well-being and for your health. to the self-imposed duty to become “a more perfect union.” Over the years, many speakers, authors, and dreamers have used the dirty facts of this nation's (and its predecessors') seemingly unrepentant capitalism, paternalism, belligerence, and tendency toward cultural assimilation to declare the entire enterprise bankrupt and focus, not on where, exactly, the United States went wrong, but instead on what the truly ideal civilization would look like. They have created, in words or on paper, entire realms of happiness and harmony, free from injustice, crime and any other negative social vices. However, in most cases, they have failed to free themselves from the trap of the human animal's nature and its extraordinary ability to absolutely avoid accurate prediction or even adequate description. In my opinion, among the mass of utopian proposals the world has seen, the United States Constitution is, in fact, the one that comes closest to creating “no place” for the greatest number of people through its pragmatism , his admission that he does not know the nature of every man and, above all, his admission to alternative visions of Utopia. Of course, all one needs to do to get a sense of the enormous challenges facing the United States is open the nearest almanac. Nearly half (49%) of all American marriages end in divorce. Every year, approximately 700,000 high school students end up dropping out of school. Every year there are almost one million cases of child abandonment and/or abuse and 2,700,000 cases of violent crimes. Approximately 8.5 million individuals... middle of paper... despite a total change in the accepted social order. The authors of the Constitution were looking in the right direction; It is our legacy and responsibility to ensure that the essence of their vision is modified to accommodate the changes this nation has experienced since its founding and to provide the opportunity for every citizen to express, and possibly realize, their own utopia. , Edward. Looking Back: 2000 to 1887. Internet text version copyright 1996 by GeoffreySauer. http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/fiction/bellamy/contents.htmlBrunner, Borgna, ed. 1997 Information Please Almanac. Boston: Information Please, LLC. Constitution of the United States of America. http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html. Democratic Socialists of America. (1998). http://www.dsausa.org/dsa.html