47-78). These elected official meet every other day to discuss the issues within the city, before policy can be made on any issue it must be discussed at least three times, to ensure that the best decision has been made (More, p. 48). The Utopian government also provides welfare for its people, a stark contradiction to the European society where lords themselves cause the lower classes to endure hardship (More, p. 68). The government in Utopia also spends all of its excess money on providing goods and services for its citizens, rather than growing its wealth for the benefit of its leaders, and only keep a small treasury in case of emergency (More, p. 60). Many of the examples of Utopian life Hythloday speaks of come into direct contradiction to the life of Europeans that Hythloday critiques in the first book of
47-78). These elected official meet every other day to discuss the issues within the city, before policy can be made on any issue it must be discussed at least three times, to ensure that the best decision has been made (More, p. 48). The Utopian government also provides welfare for its people, a stark contradiction to the European society where lords themselves cause the lower classes to endure hardship (More, p. 68). The government in Utopia also spends all of its excess money on providing goods and services for its citizens, rather than growing its wealth for the benefit of its leaders, and only keep a small treasury in case of emergency (More, p. 60). Many of the examples of Utopian life Hythloday speaks of come into direct contradiction to the life of Europeans that Hythloday critiques in the first book of