What would YOUR Utopia look like?

[Eloriel]

I'm sure you've thought about it: a perfect world. What would it look like, your perfect world?

[evlbstrd]

1. Very much like this one, but,

it would smell better.
And have great free public transportation.
And universal health care.
And minimum housing and food requirements.
And voter verified recountable ballots.
And a literacy test for the Presidency.

[LuckyTheDog]

2. Kind of like Canada...

...only with more money and better weather.

[queeg]

4. and less quebec---n\t

[Cleita]

6. I read a great article today about Canada.

<snip>
Canada a mix of U.S., European sensibilities
March 13, 2005

By Gwendolyn Owens
Special to the Sentinel
March 13, 2005

MONTREAL — There was a joke making the rounds here a few years ago that went like this:
Question: What’s a Canadian?
Answer: An American with a health-care card and no gun. The way Canadians view the United States is a much more complicated matter — roughly analogous to how one might view a rich, overbearing cousin.<snip> Much more at:
http://www.pnhp.org/news/2005/march/canada_a_mix_of_us_e.php

[dad]

3. Well, I tried for paradise and wound up with this:

http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=display_nation/nation=boomshockalocka

[evlbstrd]

5. The Rogue Nation of Boomshocka!

That's a funny site!

[dad]

9. +

yOU
'RE Welcome to join our region JCFFL .. . It is free ... we had more people once, but everyone dropped out because after a while the same old questions just keep repeating

[IChing]

7. like this

Imagine

Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...

Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...

Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

[H2O Man]

16. That's it!!! n/t

[Cleita]

8. In my utopia, we would all live in the forest or at

least surrounded by parks and gardens. Of course we would all share with each other, so everyone was taken care of and none left behind.

[sallydallas124]

10. in my utopia

the fear that separates people would be gone. I've lived on a dead end block with houses on both sides of the street for two years and none of us have really talked or gotten to know each other. Sometimes I look at this rather small expanse of land & houses and think that we should be regularly interacting & sharing. There seems to be so much fear of rejection, in some instances fear of that which we're not familiar with. A community without fear & judgment would be my utopia.

[Eloriel]

11. Interesting replies so far

I rather think everyone is thinking too small, though. When I say "perfect," I do mean perfect.

How 'bout some more responses?

:kick:

[CJCRANE]

12. In my Utopia...

self-esteem and success would be based on creativity not accumulation of wealth...

The libraries would be open to 4am in the morning and people would go there to socialise...a single guy might go up to a girl and talk about the book she's reading...

[FinallyStartingToWin]

13. Maybe I'm going too deep, maybe too flameful, but

To me a perfect world is simply one without us, without humans, without human nature.

Think about it slighlty.. The world has never been the problem. All other life within the world has never been the problem. It is all beautiful and perfect. In perfect harmony, in perfect balance. It is of grand and perfect design. Until us. The only force in the universe that has ever fucked with that perfection is humans. As long as a world has human life, it cannot be perfect. Take them away, and everything is as perfect as it once was.

[AlienGirl]

14. People would take the bus more often

Buses would be designed to encourage random conversation between strangers. It would be expected that you could just start talking to them, trade ideas, and if you really like each other, stay in touch.

People would try to make themselves memorable by dressing uniquely.

There would be lots of animals. Everyone would bring their animals with them when they went places. Of course, this being Utopia, they would be well-trained animals with well-trained humans to clean up any mess.

There would be plenty of places to go late at night. These places would be quiet enough for conversation.

People would get more excited about the newest discovery in physics than about sports. "Hey, didja hear they found the Top Quark?" would be the equivalent of, "How about that football game?"

That's off the top of my head...

Tucker

[sweetheart]

15. Everyone is enlightened

The norm in my utopia is spiritual enlightenment. The society is
not based on want, but awakening, goodwill and divine providence.
The society is extremely technologically advanced
using solar power for all energy needs, and the
resulting society is very quiet, no internal combustion engines,
and no need for them.

There are no laws or restrictions on social liberty. People are
trusted to follow their own instincts, in doing what is the truth
for them. Some people teach and meditate at the temple.
Some are healers, some are engineers, and some grow food. Everyone
is encouraged to become more awake and conscious, by the example
that the society is profoundly so. All people are equal by right,
and, just as with growing up over a lifetime, more awake, aware
people are naturally more elevated in society than immature ones.
Much as a family is not democratic, my utopia is not democratic,
but rather ruled by the wisest and most mature, that the children
might grow up to one day be wise themselves.

The society is ruled by a completely digital constitution that
doubles as an economic network... like a very advanced version of
DU, that actually replaces the congress, judiciary and executive with
seven councils. The seven "houses" are: finance/resources,
health and wellbeing (food, reproduction, medicine); power (defense,
energy); knowledge; communication/education; judiciary; wisdom/elders
These seven chambers of government are specialized to their expertise
and cooperate through "finance/resources". In this way, doctors and
health experts make the governance of such things... and the
council of elders is the final judge (upper house). Each succeeding
chamber has longer terms, with finance the shortest term and
council of elders life terms.

The society lives in harmony with nature, with cities and villiages
surrounded by wilderscapes of land managed to be giant parks and
untouched spaces to serve the people and the society in staying
in community with the earth.

Oh, lovely atlantis... too bad its sunk, and we're stranded on this
overpopulated rock of ignorant stupidity.

[Andy_Stephenson]

17. Right now...

being incased in cold jell-o would be nirvanna to me.