Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
Originally posted by: alkemyst
Everyone always says something like this is fake/bs. IF anyone does disagree with a section, feel free to say why.
The original crash of wall street is akin to the mess we are in now in a way.
I felt it was damn good at exposing the failing institutions (money, religion, corporations, governments) and offered some good ways of eliminating them, though I have my doubts that the Venus Project is the perfect solution. There are many appealing aspects of the Venus Project of course (no money, no laws, no hunger, no homeless, etc), but I find it hard to believe most humans would go for that kind of thing.
At least it should get people talking, and that is what society needs. Of course there are those that are brain-dead and will remain in denial that anything is wrong with the current system, so they will do nothing but waste their energy arguing instead of thinking. The rest of us can at least start doing
something (no matter how trivial) and work towards a goal where the world isn't owned/dominated by a meager 1% of the world's population.
we'd need a total refresh of humanity to force us to change our ways.
Some total devastation to Earth, or a new colony somewhere in space that shapes a new society, although conflict would likely arise.
Religion, money, and government are all answers to the question of attaining power. It gives goals and reasons. It's utterly necessary until humanity can devise a way to do without it. In our current life, the civilizations that don't make use of the big three, don't reach the same level of society as the more advanced.
Religion is especially necessary just to soothe the mind of our instinct. But it's not going to always be necessary, and I think we're marching toward that time, but it's still a good way down the road.
But money and government are not horrible evils, and I think they are very much necessary. But, structured differently than now, and the foundations of the two less thirsty for more. A free-market economy with the most absolutely-minimal government structure is ideal. Corruption is the evil that has to be carefully monitored. A civilization that actually cares, and not just pretending to care, is critical. We can move toward that now by no longer voting for an individual for office, even after ONE mistake (in your opinion). Eventually things will balance out.
A free-market economy inspires the best competition possible, and with the potential future of man, we need that competition to drive us forward. Little government intervention is the key, with a government that is impossible to expand in size through law, and minimal at the start.
The USA was that way, but the Founding Fathers left the Constitution relatively open and the government has changed in ways they never would have imagined, and my uncle, among the others, would likely be foaming at the mouth if he saw us now. Society was incredibly different then when compared to now, so some change was necessary to advance. We'll get to a point where the basic structure of government will no longer need to change just to adapt to the changing times.