There are many things that differentiate More's Utopia to the United States, as well a a few similarities. First, Utopia originally translates to "not place" or "nowhere" (p. 321). The United States is a widely known popular country, and we have been for a very long time to all the Nations. I find it ironic that Hythloday (which translates to "speaker of nonsense"), reports about Utopia, often speaks poorly of his people of society/his society status, which is similar to the United State's president, Donald Trump. He often speaks of what the American people (particularly in the past, a lot during the Obama Administration), should have done/what we could have done differently and what is so terrible about it that is ruining us. Aside from President Trump, God is a subject that is mentioned throughout More's Utopia, and it is often mentioned in major religion in the United States and is even in the Pledge of Allegiance.
"..for the used often to say, that the way to Heaven was the same for all places, and he that had no grave had the heavens still over him (p. 322.)"
"...As More praises the Utopians for consciously despising Gold, he implicitly condemns his own society,...(p. 321).
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