Quite obviously it is a commentary about failing utopias and the ills of the societies that exist today.
The inclusion of Sir Thomas More, being the coiner of the term utopia, blatantly states that that is a main focus of the piece, "Tell Sir Thomas More we've got another failed attempt"
He says that people get bored and lazy in a utopian experiment, "Because it was nothing like we'd ever dreamt, our lust for life had gone away with the rent we hated"
Everyone was shocked and horrified that people were still greedy and oppressive though people were theoretically equals in all regards, "And the big ones just eat all the little ones. That sends us back to the drawing board"
Normal society is a failure as well, though, because people are rebellious and cruel, "We've got rules and maps and guns in our backs but we still can't just behave ourselves even if to save our own lives. So says I, we are a brutal kind"
I would argue the main assertion is that ALL societies are doomed to failure due to the conflict and greed that is so prevalent in human nature and is completely unavoidable, no matter how many reforms or rules are implemented.
Quite obviously it is a commentary about failing utopias and the ills of the societies that exist today.
The inclusion of Sir Thomas More, being the coiner of the term utopia, blatantly states that that is a main focus of the piece, "Tell Sir Thomas More we've got another failed attempt"
He says that people get bored and lazy in a utopian experiment, "Because it was nothing like we'd ever dreamt, our lust for life had gone away with the rent we hated"
Everyone was shocked and horrified that people were still greedy and oppressive though people were theoretically equals in all regards, "And the big ones just eat all the little ones. That sends us back to the drawing board"
Normal society is a failure as well, though, because people are rebellious and cruel, "We've got rules and maps and guns in our backs but we still can't just behave ourselves even if to save our own lives. So says I, we are a brutal kind"
I would argue the main assertion is that ALL societies are doomed to failure due to the conflict and greed that is so prevalent in human nature and is completely unavoidable, no matter how many reforms or rules are implemented.