As a continuation of the "Worse Problem Of Human Society Today" topic, I'd like to hear opinions on how a perfect society can exist and how we'd realistically acheive it. Here's what I think:
Hatred and greed, two of the many problems contributing to earth's problems are components of a simpler problem: human nature. For example, racism is an extension of nature's programming; evolution equips us with the basic urge to look after ourselves and our own kind. Groups with characteristics different to us might pose a threat to our own group's genetic spreading, explaining why racists behave the way they do. Racists tend to have lower intelligence when compared to their non-racist friends, so perhaps they behave in accordance with those simplified rules of survival. Rather than taking the most logical steps to ensure the passing-on of their genes, they behave recklessly and with animal-like vigour.
This simple rule duplicates itself in just about every faucet of human society. Religion and culture are just extensions of human nature, and uses the same rules in an effort to prolongue themselves. Acknowledging this, is the solution to make all humans the same? Would it be unrealistic of me to ask the world to become more intelligent, eliminating the niche for racism? Yes.
One solution could be to genetically alter humans so that our desires for self-preservation and gratification aren't so deepset, slaughtering the planet's naturally-bred humans. The results might include passivity to the extent of extinction, but we could always try.
Another solution might be simply accepting the universe. We may be on the quest to end suffering, but who are we to argue with mother nature, who has developed these rules over billions of years?