Would all the kids be spunky and have unusuall monster pets as well as green/red/blue hair?
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Would all the kids be spunky and have unusuall monster pets as well as green/red/blue hair?
About people choosing where their tax dollars go:
I've always wanted a system like this. There would be problems with this, because there are a lot of things we actually need that people might not think to choose as the destination of their dollars. That’s what I think we should have a point priority system between the government and the tax payers. When you fill out your taxes, I believe that you should assign a priority to different fields. Like lets say I attribute 100% of my tax money to the space program, and 0% of it to military spending. The Government also gets a say in this also. Lets say that maybe they voted for 100% military spending and 0% for the space program, well they get an average of my ratio and their ratio, so I'n reality 50% of my money would go to the space program and 50% to military spending.
This question is rather easy to answer, an ideal society would be one that doesn't have humans ruling other humans.
Mankind has tried every sort of government they can think of, with varying degrees of success. But the end result is that none hasn't even come close to being ideal. That's proof enough that humans cannot successfully rule themselves.
--Benjamin
This isn't possible unless you can change human nature...and governments don't necessarily "rule" people (atleast they shouldn't) but they are set up to lead and guide society.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn93Z28
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Originally Posted by DOVESKI
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experience? how old are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gohron
Heres my take. This biggest problem with this world is people. Whatever dignity as a race we might have ever had just keeps on dropping. Corrupted by greed, constantly judging others lives and choices. The more wholesome view of the 19th century stems from the nessessities not being filled. When all we were worried about was food and survival, then we acted like one would expect. But once these needs are fufilled, then, as a race, we begin to show our true colors. Money ruling all is a depressing example of this race succuming to the bounds set forth by darwinism. That is not to say that we have achieved nothing. Culture, music, art of any form, expression of the individual. Every instance of this amazes me more than any advances we have ever had in technology, science, and math ever had. I can sit back, and listen to a song from Nobou Uematsu, and realize we have so much to offer as a race, we are capable of so much. So, for my utopian society. I do not believe in absolute happiness, or non-existant conflict, because i think happiness is a quantitative term, and i think that strife is a nessessity in life. I wish there was a world where people respected others lives. Where your expression of yourself, in whatever form you felt most comfortable, be it guitar, prose, action, or games, was how you were remebered. Nobility and honor were better respected than self survival. I wish i could die for what i believe in, for something worthwhile. Yet, in this day, I find nothing worth dieing for. I wish that wasn't so.
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Originally Posted by arjue
190...I've experianced less privelaged societies, like Trinidad. Trinidad isn't dirt poor but it's certainly not the US and I love it down there. Maybe my perspective would changed if I was down there for a long period of time, maybe not, but all I really would like to have is a decent car to drive, a decent place to live, and a computer.