From the primary sources, I can see that the average person of Oneida dealt with significant stress of daily life before they came to the community. To them Oneida wasn’t a utopia, it was how a community should be. They were all ready predisposed to the ideas of a utopia. As I said in my paper, the individuals of Oneida and attempts at utopia in general, tend to be disillusioned with the world around them, and were easily swayed to the idea of a perfect community.