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The United States was not founded on the Utopian ideals found in More’s Utopia, because The Federalist papers show that our Founding Fathers persuaded Americans to support The Constitution and they did not simply inform them of The Constitution. Although the Founding Fathers approved of the Constitution they felt obligated to persuade the American people. They took it to the public to be possibly be rejected, and used persuasion to ensure that it was accepted.
The Federalist Papers began the tradition of using logic to persuaded the American vote. Imagine, if no American citizen knew about the health care plan and it were only discussed by Representatives. One day newspapers informed us of a new health care plan we have never heard of, and that it would shortly be put into law simply because the Senate and House ratified it. As Americans this seems wrong because we expect our Representatives to persuaded us before they make a choice. Our political system is based on the art of persuasion. The Federalist Papers are evidence that the authors of the constitution believed in the very real and very powerful art of persuasion to citizens they felt were educated enough to make an informed choice.
Utopia is based on informing it’s citizens and not persuading them. The government informs citizens about matters such as clothing, jewelry, food, education, occupation, were you live, and how long you will live there. Throughout the entire book I don’t think persuasion is mentioned once. It seems that Utopians just are Utopians without any convincing necessary. Even in section discussion elections there is no mention of debates, campaigning, or newspaper articles. None of the Utopian representatives appear to feel any obligated to persuaded the citizens for their vote. The distinction between More’s Utopia and Madison’s Constitution is The Federalist papers; in the United States we expect to be persuaded and not merely informed.