Hmmm. Okay, let's see. First of all, let's bear in mind that no society is perfect.
However, in a socialist utopia: Everyone would have a job. Everyone would have a home. Everyone would have enough to eat. Everyone would have free health care. Everyone would have free dental care. Everyone would have free public transport. Public transport would run on time.
No one would own a car, because no one would need a car.
There would be no taxation. Everyone would work for the state. No one would own property, all hosing would be provided by the state. No one would get paid. Simply put, everyone would contribute their time free of charge to the benefit of all, and in return they would receive whatever they needed (and no more) free of charge.
This is the Socialist ideal.
What prevents it from working is the greed and corruption to be found within Capitalism. Because even if a state were able to set up a true socialist utopia such as I have described, it's citizens would see that, although they had their every need met, they didn't have any of the unnecessary wasteful luxuries that citizens of other states around them had, and they would covet them.
Incidentally, for a classic example of what I'm talking about, look to your journal name! Roddenberry was a socialist. The only member of the cast to realise was Nichelle Nichols, AKA Lt Uhura, who, on reading a script, commented to Roddenberry "You're writing morality plays!" Roddenberry shushed her, saying "They haven't figured it out yet!"
However, in a socialist utopia: Everyone would have a job. Everyone would have a home. Everyone would have enough to eat. Everyone would have free health care. Everyone would have free dental care. Everyone would have free public transport. Public transport would run on time.
No one would own a car, because no one would need a car.
There would be no taxation. Everyone would work for the state. No one would own property, all hosing would be provided by the state. No one would get paid. Simply put, everyone would contribute their time free of charge to the benefit of all, and in return they would receive whatever they needed (and no more) free of charge.
This is the Socialist ideal.
What prevents it from working is the greed and corruption to be found within Capitalism. Because even if a state were able to set up a true socialist utopia such as I have described, it's citizens would see that, although they had their every need met, they didn't have any of the unnecessary wasteful luxuries that citizens of other states around them had, and they would covet them.
Incidentally, for a classic example of what I'm talking about, look to your journal name! Roddenberry was a socialist. The only member of the cast to realise was Nichelle Nichols, AKA Lt Uhura, who, on reading a script, commented to Roddenberry "You're writing morality plays!" Roddenberry shushed her, saying "They haven't figured it out yet!"
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