If we say that characters within a utopia wouldn’t find it scary, perhaps we can define a dystopia as one where some individuals within it find it scary or unpleasant. For example Winston in 1984, or the protagonists in ‘brave new world. If ‘Brave new world’ had done its social engineering right there wouldn’t be anyone within it who found it unpleasant, so would it then be a utopia?
If we say that characters within a utopia wouldn’t find it scary, perhaps we can define a dystopia as one where some individuals within it find it scary or unpleasant. For example Winston in 1984, or the protagonists in ‘brave new world. If ‘Brave new world’ had done its social engineering right there wouldn’t be anyone within it who found it unpleasant, so would it then be a utopia?