Dystopian and Utopian
In an imperfect world, humans struggle to do the right thing. Is that dystopian? If the world is twisted so it appears idyllic yet is rotted underneath, is that dystopian? A world filled with blood sucking vampires that prey on the innocent, no matter how kind they seem is dystopian. Yet reality is often dystopian as well. Our governments enslave and imprison the poor, divert food from the hungry, withhold clean water technology from those who need it most. Governments play games with people’s lives, controlling information, diverting personal funds, causing distractions; all to gain power for themselves, advance the rich, and cripple their enemies.
My world of NewEarth is flawed, it has mental illness, trauma, storms, child abandonment, abuse; all the ugly parts we see in reality, including curable and incurable diseases, petty emotions that lead to disastrous actions and even more. However, my world is utopian in nature. Everyone good is struggling to be better, everyone bad is struggling to be worse.
What do you think a utopian world is supposed to be?