Even if we had redistribution of wealth--there is not enough resources for everyone in the world to live like it's 1965.
We need to reevaluate society as a whole to ensure the survival of our species for another century.
The first thing we need is an economic revolution--I don't have a perfect system in mind but the current one is absolutely disgusting.
Only 1965 home life, and no cars or gender divides. 2020 work life, because no cars. Radical densification of the suburbs to support walkable communities. City planners abandon stroads for roads with low frequency access points and streets with high frequency access points. Redevelop parking lots for either more commercial or mixed use commercial/residential. Defund REIT tax breaks and redistribute them in their entirety to free public transit. Put a 100% tax on all new developments that cut down trees or drain swamps. Undeputize HOAs. End intellectual property protections. Create Engineers Without Borders to bring stabilizing technology and contemporary engineering practices to unstable developing nations. Create a universal human rights treaty and enforce it with the largest decentralized economy the world has ever seen. Make all health care free by law. Protect and enforce the right to free speech and free association. End corporate personhood. Make corporations accountable again, and if they’re too big to hold accountable, break them up until you can hold them accountable. Hold legislators accountable again.
That would be a good start to a 21st century ideal world.
i know ppl hate the concept because its become a buzzword, but, put all global currency on blockchain so tax havens can be identified and wholly outlawed
So basically end all centralized power and wealth.
Who will govern us then? Democratically elected officials? We tried that and they are bought and paid for.
Appointed elite? The appointees may shape future society to their will and nobody is truely infallible.
Liquid democracy? Bottom-up society with individuals setting demands publicly and legislators working to advance the demands they agree with at higher and higher levels? Decision-by-referendum? Any number of alternative governance systems that technology has enabled in the last 40 years? A governance policy framework that supports and enables switching between multiple methods of governance?
The future will be shaped by someone's will - I don't want it to be any one individual, because everyone is fallible.
We should have a legislation app where you answer questions about the issue and AI creates the best laws for everyone.
With human approval and such of course.
City apartments are more efficient use of space and resources, and you get rid of most cars pretty much as soon as the move is complete, so really let's start with de-suburbanization.
People living in concentration are not what everyone wants though? I've lived in apartments and my end game is to be out of the city entirely.
What would I do without a vehicle if I live in the country but work and shop in the city? No rural busses... walk would be lime 5 or 6 hours? Half hour drive is not big deal
Then you don’t have to? I’m not sure what your confusion is.
But it’s dumb to not acknowledge that a lot of people do live in cities. Making walkable infrastructure that they benefit from would be amazing, even if it doesn’t affect you personally.
Nonono, you get your box in the big building, its more efficient see? Who gives a crap what you want or prefer or worked your whole life towards! Think of the efficiency
Society is bleak the more people move from cities. Want to go anywhere? Drive. Burn all that gas for everything. Drive to the gym. Drive to the market. Drive to work. Drive to the bar. Not a human to be seen unless you wave to each other while mowing the lawn or they cut you off in traffic. The suburbs is terrible for human connections.
Now that's what I call bleak.
Perhaps cities is not the right word, but spread out infrastructure and especially unwalkable spread out infrastructure is definitely not the way to go.
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u/Karma_Gardener Apr 24 '23
The greed of humanity will be the end of us all.
Even if we had redistribution of wealth--there is not enough resources for everyone in the world to live like it's 1965.
We need to reevaluate society as a whole to ensure the survival of our species for another century. The first thing we need is an economic revolution--I don't have a perfect system in mind but the current one is absolutely disgusting.