Karl Popper, a philosopher who eloquently deconstructed the false assumptions and scientific claims of utopianism, arguing it is totalitarian in form and substance, observed that “[a]ny social science which does not teach the impossibility of rational social construction is entirely blind to the most important facts of social life, and must overlook the only social laws of real validity and of real importance. Social sciences seeking to provide a background for social engineering cannot, therefore, be true descriptions of social facts.

[Imagine both men looking to Karl Popper to make their points in the opening chapters of their respective work.]

Utopianism also attempts to shape and dominate the individual by doing two things at once: it strips the individual of his uniqueness, making him indistinguishable from the multitudes that form what is commonly referred to as “the masses,” but it simultaneously assigns him a group identity based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, income, etc., to highlight differences within the masses. It then exacerbates old rivalries and disputes or it incites new ones. This way it can speak to the well-being of “the people” as a whole while dividing them against themselves, thereby stampeding them in one direction or another as necessary to collapse the existing society or rule over the new one. 

[The key to political dominance is to stamp out self-reliant individualism in favor of conformity enforced by the considerable psychological and physical forces of peer pressure. To create exploitable groups of victims, all needing political redress of their grievances. And, as we have seen with American Blacks under the governance of progressive socialist democrats, relief that never seems to arrive. For without a continuing coalition of victim classes, the progressive socialist democrats would fade from power because of their poor performance in both domestic and foreign affairs.]

Where utopianism is advanced through gradualism rather than revolution, albeit steady and persistent as in democratic societies, it can deceive and disarm an unsuspecting population, which is largely content and passive.

[Gradualism, or the “salami technique” – eating one thin slice at a time until the whole large salami is consumed – is barely noticed, if at all, by an audience kept entertained by the new, novel, and the bizarre. No wonder that politicians have become masters of distraction and misdirection, actors and magicians who create illusions to make smoke appear to be as solid as steel.]

It is sold as reforming and improving the existing society’s imperfections and weaknesses without imperiling its basic nature. Under these conditions, it is mostly ignored, dismissed, or tolerated by much of the citizenry and celebrated by some. Transformation is deemed innocuous, well-intentioned, and perhaps constructive but not a dangerous trespass on fundamental liberties.

[How many egregious acts, many criminal, are committed by those who seek refuge in the idea that the end justifies the means, fair or foul, and that good intentions trump the actual harm caused by ill-conceived, malfeasant, or viciously evil actions?]

Tocqueville observed, “By this system the people shake off their state of dependence just long enough to select their master and then relapse into it again. A great many persons . . . are quite contented with this sort of compromise between administrative despotism and the sovereignty of the people; and they think they have done enough for the protection of individual freedom when they have surrendered it to the power of the nation at large . . .”

[What? We think we are making a rational choice to improve society, but all we are doing is selecting the better of two evils presented by political parties that are knowingly complicit in presenting flawed candidates who can be manipulated by the special interests in order to continue plundering our national assets and consolidating their control over the political system? Thus, content that we have done our part to preserve our liberties, we lapse, once again, into uncaring apathy until the next crisis or next election.]

Utopianism also finds a receptive audience among the society’s disenchanted, disaffected, dissatisfied, and maladjusted who are unwilling or unable to assume responsibility for their own real or perceived conditions but instead blame their surroundings, “the system,” and others. They are lured by the false hopes and promises of utopian transformation and the criticisms of the existing society, to which their connection is tentative or nonexistent.

Improving the malcontent’s lot becomes linked to the utopian cause. Moreover, disparaging and diminishing the successful and accomplished becomes an essential tactic. No one should be better than anyone else, regardless of the merits or value of his contributions. By exploiting human frailties, frustrations, jealousies, and inequities, a sense of meaning and self-worth is created in the malcontent’s otherwise unhappy and directionless life.

[Many people participate in politics as they would in rooting for a sports team; for the feeling of camaraderie, recognition, acceptance, and belonging. The fallacy is that a political party cannot reciprocate love or any other emotion – yet, you find people anthropomorphizing politicial parties and corporations as if they were people. These are the people being told by the progressive socialist democrats that it is not your fault if you are illiterate, impoverished, or even a criminal. It is society's fault and our political party hears you, understands your pain, and can help improve your life – in return for your vote, your time, and/or a small political contribution.]

[Ask yourself who is behind Occupy Wall Street or Black Lives Matter and you might be surprised. In many cases, you will find professional activists and agitators, many linked to the communist party or other radical groups, who are hell-bent on destroying our system from within. By overloading the system, by creating chaos, or by simply clogging the streets and spreading fear among the populace.

Where is the tipping point where fear overcomes rationality to the extent that you attack those law enforcement officers who are trying to protect your life and property from evildoers? Demonizing the entirely of the police for the actions of a statistically insignificant few. Overlooking the daily slaughter of your fellow citizens in the inner cities governed for decades by the progressive socialist democrats who have siphoned off billions of taxpayer dollars and left the community in a greater state of poverty, illiteracy, and criminal activity.]

Simply put, equality in misery—that is, equality of result or conformity—is advanced as a just, fair, and virtuous undertaking. Liberty, therefore, is inherently immoral, except where it avails equality.

[Consider the inherent evil of those who evildoers attempt to spin loss of freedom and liberty into a desirable condition. By re-defining words, claiming up is down, good is bad, and evil is acceptable. Where the military weapons of war give way to political correctness, multiculturalism, and moral equivalency.] 

Chapter one: The Tyranny of Utopia -- Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America by Mark R. Levin

"In his books Popper argued that the empirical truth cannot be known with absolute certainty. Even scientific laws can't be verified beyond a shadow of a doubt: they can only be falsified by testing.

One failed test is enough to falsify, but no amount of conforming instances is sufficient to verify.

[Science is not performed by consensus, especially by those espousing the popular view of science to secure some personal or professional advantage. And, then there are the people who chose to ignore studies that falsify data or illustrate the improbability of the conclusions presented.]

Scientific laws are hypothetical in character and their truth remains subject to testing.

[Global warming is nothing more than a scientific hypothesis and the supporters of this hypothesis point to computer models that have been falsified on the basis of incomplete or inaccurate assumptions, faulty programming, the use of compensatory parameters to insure a particular outcome, and dodgy data which itself has been manipulated to show a bias towards the hypothesis.]

Ideologies which claim to be in possession of the ultimate truth are making a false claim;therefore, they can be imposed on society only by force. This applies to Communism, Fascism and National Socialism alike."