John Lennon. Imagine. Utopia

John Lennon is a musician and lyricist who I admire greatly and his song Imagine always sends me off to somewhere else in my own mind. The song makes me think of wonderland of peacefulness where everyone gets along. I've always that it presents you an idea to imagine about, and his idea of utopia is very easy on the eyes and seduces you. However, I analyzed the song a little more and his "utopia" is appearing to be more of a dystopia to me. Lennon invites you to dream of a place where nobody has a reason to die, no reason to compete, where there is no religion, and no heaven nor hell. This suggests a world where there is no afterlife and no belief in any sort of entity. I believe that humans need order, and that if we throw that belief system away, the order will also go away. It would basically be a pointless life since there wouldn't be an afterlife. Humans would lose any greater purpose to live for. Lines such as "Imagine no possessions / I wonder if you can" and "Imagine there's no countries / It isn't hard to do / Nothing to kill or die for" exemplify a world where there would be no conflict. I believe that conflict is what makes everyone grow. Conflict also creates diversity. And without conflict, we wouldn't have a vision. It would be a world with with also "no possessions" and even though I think this would be great, it also has its downside. Possessions are what drive a man's work ethic. In a way, Lennon's "utopia" has hints of communism sprinkled throughout it like small grains of salt. I believe in individualism over conformity, and I will take our imperfect and violent world over a passionless