In presenting his final statement, Hythloday focuses his argument in favor of the Utopians on a few major points. The core of their system is the community of property and the elimination of money. Almost everything else that is vital to the system stems from those regulations. Under such conditions the ordinary causes for competition among individuals do not exist, and as a consequence the motivation for many crimes associated with rivalry and greed is effectively eradicated.
The advantages of the Utopian system are here emphasized, as they are so often through the book, by contrasting that system with the laws and customs of contemporary Europe. Competition in European nations is fierce and crime is rife, but a principal source of dissatisfaction is the terrible inequity in the distribution of wealth, especially considering how little the members of the privileged class do to deserve their comforts and luxuries.
As a final recommendation, Hythloday points to the fact that the Utopian way of life conforms to the great principles of Christianity, whereas no such claim could be made for the so-called Christian countries.
