Describe to me your perfect society; how would it operate? Where would the emphasis be? What would be the lifestyle? What sort of social structure or order would be in place? What of the culture? Etc.
Totalitarian communist society. Complete with secret police, political prison camps, and omnipresent propaganda.
It would be ideal to eliminate humans and only have animals and plant life left. That is the only way because no form of government will work for humans equally and benifically for whoever is on top will just take advantage of those under them. The fewrer at the top the less the people at the bottom recieve. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Everyone would have sufficient wealth to live happily, no one would be curled up under a blanket on concrete to sleep. Everyone would have access to healthcare. There would be no racism, sexism or homophobia. People would be judged by their actions and not whether they're wearing sports pants or black leather and 3 mouth piercings. Well, you didn't say it had to be realistic.
Voting would be a right that is earned in an ideal society...by passing an aptitude test. Most everything else follows from that.
I'd rather live free of any authority pressing down on me. And I would like to keep that which I produce and profit from.
Ideal society? Hmm that is tough, Okay, I am a Libertarian and quite the one at that. First: A direct representive government. Most Leaders are not elected, but rather appointed by attaining the proper signatories. Meaning that the leaders directly serve their constituents. Once these are chosen there is a general ellection to elect President and Vice President. Second: Government would exist solely for the protection of the citizen and their rights and to provide certain societal needs. There would be minimal governement interference wtih average everyday life. Only when rights are squashed will the governement step in. Third: Everything would be done to educate the populace to their fullest potential. Aptitude test would be given early and Governement will supply free schooling as long as you stay withoin your top ten scoring professional avenues. if you wish to go outide, you can pay for it yourself. Fourth: A real sense of community will be encouraged through volunteer incentive programs. Still let it be peoples choice, but give them sopmething extra like work off tax debt or earn extra tax deduction, spending money, or other perks. Charitable donation will be encouraged but not required. Fifth: Marraige reform: Marriage should be an institution between two or more consenting adults. The government should have no say in how many spouses a person can have or of what gender they are. For example,If two gay men marry each other and then two lesbian women, it doesn't matter to anyone except those four people and their children. Sixth: Prison Reform: Prisoners who have served their time should be treated no different than any other citizen. However obvious predator offenders should not be released back into society. Seventh: True equality under the law. The court should have no care whether you are of a different skin color or gender. The only exception should be for minors and people of diminished capacity, Eighth: Free enterprise system works best with minimal interference. Business should be given guidelines for public and worker safety. They should receive no special protections in a court of law for what harm they may cause. ie CEO of Widget car rentals decides to not purcahse new tires for his fleet of rental cars despite them being bald to the point of dangerousness. Rob Brown dies as a result of of a tire blow out at normal freeway speeds, then the CEO should be tried for manslaughter at the least. Ninth: Citizen rights should come before law in all cases. That being said a citizen rights end where they come in conflict with another citizen rights. It gets more complicated
My ideal society...hmmm... would be made up of a bunch of supernatural bad-asses and I would own a really big gun, lots of knives, and have a black belt in Judo. I would wear black leather or those sexy bodice-type outfits all the time and fight evil vampires and werewolves and dirty cops. My society would incorporate all sorts of unbelievable things like evil wizards and faeries and dragons. I would have magic powers too...I would be able to read minds, raise zombies, and speak to dead people. Oh yeah...and I would have a super hot car and it wouldn't matter because there wouldn't be any oil crisis or holes in the ozone layer or GW. Oh yeah, and 'ol Georgey wouldn't be president. My super hot vampire boyfriend would be and we would rule. Totally illogical, selfish, and impossible...but more fun then saying 'World Peace'!
I can show evertone what MY ideal society would be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYylo8bJsjg&feature=related Fetching water with buckets, and knowing that there were previous civilizations would be interesting.
Andorra has the right idea. Small government, limited taxation, high life expectancy (through the lack of stress caused by the absence of a military and limited tax)