What if we lived in a Utopian society? Options

[Miss Criss]

I know there is a forum for discussion of books, but this is really about more than the book.

Anyhow. Thanks to the recommendation of a friend, I just got finished reading The Giver. Most of you have probably read it in school. After reading it, it made me wonder what it'd be like to live in a utopian society like that. These people in The Giver had everything in their lives controlled-- their families, what they wore, their jobs, everything. They were brainwashed to not really feel love. They couldn't make choices. They didn't even have marriage or sex! You would simply be matched up with a mate and if you wanted children, you'd have to apply for them. You were only allowed to have two children-- one of each gender-- and they were born from the childbearers in the society. Once the children grew up, you never saw your children or your mate again.
Yet, these people were happy this way. Why? Well, one, they were living in oblivion. They knew no other way. But also, they lived without death, war, jealousy, envy, disease, hunger, natural disasters, and so on. Everybody was nice to everybody, nobody was rude, everybody was equal. They had many rules, but the people happily followed them because it kept their society orderly and perfect.
So, I guess my question to you is, would you rather our world be perfect like that or would you rather keep it full of death, disease, and murder just so you could make your own choices?
Now, I know what you're going to say-- "Oh, but I can't live without love and my choices...blah blah blah.." These people don't know what they're missing. If you were living that way, you wouldn't know either. Put aside all thoughts of you and what'd you want right now. Just think. How the world would be so much better. Right now, we're no sooner to solving world hunger, to bringing peace to our world, or to stopping the murders and rapes occuring all over the world. And you know what? It'll only be 100 times worse in the future! All problems we're faced with would be gone.

Yet. The other argument we're faced with is, we'd all be a bunch of human clones. What would be the purpose of life?

So, what say you?

[Miss Criss]

But Mipadi, what is perfect? Nearly everything at first glance can seem perfect but once you look deeper, it never is.

Don't tell me you liked the giver? That book was confusing and boring.

Is there a problem with me liking it? It's my opinion, after all. And it's rather sad that it confused you since most people read it in middle school. Says a lot about your intelligence.