Your Perfect "Society"
What is your idea of how the world should be? I believe that everyone should have the right to live however they want and have complete sovereignty over their own mind and body. I believe that everyone should have the opportunities to earn success and happiness, instead of having it handed to you. I believe that everyone should be able to openly have an opinion while being able to critique someone else's opinion. I believe that the federal government should never be able to simply rule over some else's views "because we can" and that excessive government control leads to more and more corruption and greed in society.
Sometimes I do question if civilization is really that great, when I see nothing but people telling other people what to do. I think that power should never be handed to someone and that everyone should have full control over their actions, but should be accountable for them too.
These are just the basic ideals of what I wish the world could be. Basically, I wish people could decide their own paths and purposes without the government having the final say. Sometimes, I can't stand the society we live in, as it's not all that free when you think about it. It would be nice if you could choose if what people thought of you mattered or not.
What's your idea of a perfect world?
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A perfect world for me would be completely founded upon egalitarian principles (wishful thinking, I know).
I know the feeling, mate. Radical feminists spend more time attacking men and asking for all the good prts of equality while ignoring the bad parts (like asking for women to be paid equally but be expected to do less work than men). You can't just choose what you get when it comes to equality like that.
Everyone should have the same rights, but should also be held up to the same standards.
A society in which I am revered as a god!
But seriously...
-- Egalitarianism : self-explanatory
-- Right to work and earn a living wage : all societies need someone to scrub the toilets. Why should they be forced to live in poverty and squalor?
-- Better Justice : Fewer non-violent offender in jail, no death penalty, more opportunities for rehabilitation, drug courts, better law enforcement.
-- Better education : Free public school from K-College.
-- Strong social safety net - single-payer healthcare, sustainable social security, etc.
-- Military : Still cut taxes thanks to significant reduction in defense spending. Build a new military system, based on quality instead if quantity, with a focus on maneuver warfare instead of long, drawn-out occupations.
That is one factor to consider, but I speak of larger a larger range of subject matters i.e. Xenophobia, Homophobia, Totalitarianism and Segregation.
I can't find a single thing on your list that I disagree with. Simply living a happy life should not be so goddamn difficult. The only thing I'd add is no more political correctness, because I can't stand seeing opinions silenced (looking at you, Feminist Frequency) just because someone doesn't like it.
Anti-feminist opinions are far from silenced, dude. I see them all the time on the Internet, on TV and in my workplace.
But thanks, my answer was based on what people need to live a rich, fufilling life.
I agree on those too. He's how I see it: everyone can have an opinion, even if it's not necessarily the "right" opinion. But I also think that no opinion or ideology should be exempt from criticism. It sucks that people can't even disagree and discuss ideologies in a civilized manner.
Sooo.... Switzerland?
Perfection is only a concept in theory. No such thing exists, so if I could live anywhere that I found to be acceptable to my lifestyle, it'd be in a hole with music, games, books, and my thoughts. That's the foundation that builds my happiness, society sucks anyways.
Nah, too much snow and ice. Also, the Alps are no place for a man without depth perception!
My "perfect society" would make most people cringe.
Why?
I don't want to ruin this thread with political views, so my perfect "society" is where everybody is happy and enjoying themselves. I know, it's impossible for everyboy in the society to be 100% with joy and glee.
But it's an inherently political question...
A pacifistic, egalitarian society that follows the US Constitution. And mostly has policies that reflect being charitable and helpful to each other. Honest, rational, and unfiltered news media and education in schools. A better finance and banking system so that money makers don't rule over everyone and no one is poor. A strict regulation in the size, power, and influence that businesses and government has on society and it's economy. No more GMOs and artificial ingredients in food. No more spraying of pesticides on food.
A perfect of a "perfect society" is a world with no people around, serious what the hell is this question, is perfect as it is, maybe not, but if you think isn't them make it be, as long there are people with a difference from each other won't be a "perfect" and just a society. Even you'll reach perfection there will be always more to change.
My only way that I see it through is by control everyone mind to do as is need to do, then it will be perfect.
Yeah, a better title would've been "how to build a better society."
My god I'm still waiting for you to be serious, wait that was serious because is far from perfect, but is a start.
I'll suggest also dedicate a statue of yourself, in honor of our god, BigBlindMax.
The only way this would ever happen if people change themselves.
The sin in this world. A lot of people have their self interests , above others. That isn't how you should be in my opinion. It would take a lot of personal change, but that is a lot of hard work and dedication. It will never happen.
We live in a world where rich kids are posting pictures online of them blowing their noses in hundred dollar bills, when there are people dying of starvation, or other various problems of society. That is just one sign of the way we live our lives now. Society has become a complete narcissist. I blame people in hollywood, anyone who is supposed to set a example to people to look up to, IE. Kim Kardashian, but she acts for her own selfish needs.
Making a perfect society would take a lot of personal change, in my opinion it just isn't realistic, because of human greed.
All of people have their self interests , above others. That is how you should be, however you should care about others and not only yourself. Isn't harder to change, people will always change by themself to better or worse but with hard work and dedication the change will be good. Many things is already happen, you just have to open your eyes.
Many rich people do what they want, and sadly there are some people dying of starvation. And why did I like Kim Kardashian on facebook, no one know...
None.
That's why we should tax the living hell out of rich people so they don't have any spare hundreds to wipe their asses with.
I know that they aren't widely silenced, but there are people out there who will block criticism so that they have no opposition.
Is there able to be a perfect world when we have choices? I say no.
Okay, then how would you make society better?
Hmm...It's hard to say...I'll list some things I think:
Over all, a society that does this is pretty great in my book, might have let off of a few points but this is an over view.
Everything except that last one is used in my country :-D I don't know what you mean by peacekeepers, but we don't really have any police brutality here.
What I mean by that is there should be officers present to keep the peace and make sure the public doesn't get too rowdy, but that's all that should be done. In my opinion, there's no need for police to really enforce laws in a society that is already capable of making the right decisions.
It's a way of looking at people as mostly good, because I feel like most people are capable of using common sense. I'm not a big believer of strict control over a population, and that's what law enforcement essentially does. When officers of the law are granted such high authority over society, it also grants them the ability to make choices that aren't so good. If the law is "enforced" by citizens of (more or less) the same rank as regular civilians, everyone has the same rights and the same power over others.
Its a nice thought, that people could just live the lives they want to live
but there will allways be people that believe they're way is the better way than everyone elses, even is it's stupid.I ddon't believe that a "ideal scenario" exists
If it did life wud b like luv n lulz n al that bullwank
star trek society
What country is that? I ought to pack my things and move right here and now.
His nickname is kind of a giant hint.
The forgotten Northern country, Finland.
Nothing is wrong with gmo's. Gmo is the progress, in my opinion. Just like inventing plastics to use them in place of traditional materials.
Edit: Cancel that.
What would be the point of becoming richer if they just get taxed back to the state that they were in before?
Nah, I think Democratic Kampuchea was the only perfect society that ever existed
I hear it was kinda shit if you wore glasses.