We humans are intelligent and can modify our behavior through reason. But we are all products of our environment and cultures. These experiences and teachings create our world views, biases, and traditions. Unfortunately our primitive pasts have sent us in many different directions through migrations creating multiple cultures across vast distances over hundreds of thousands of years. These differences make it difficult for us to homogenize our cultures to function as a whole. We need to learn to function for the good of all humanity since we are all in the same boat (the Earth). In reality everyone of us has the same needs and common interests. And we all have the same threats and dangers from nature - some of the dangers extreme. So to survive we absolutely need to learn how to live together in peace and harmony. We can do that with education and respect for each other.
When it comes to the equitable distribution of resources, we have or can create the technology to handle that. Transitioning to a resource based economy will cause some stress because it is such a different way of thinking. But that can be relieved with education and understanding. Eventually intelligent machines will determine resource needs for all purposes and the proper distribution. After everyone becomes comfortable with the RBE, government will most likely shrink to simply ensuring the protection and nurturing of our planet and our new culture. We will create a cooperative culture demoting competition to minor sports and eliminating it from other general activities. We will all experience maximum freedom without limits. Crime will be gone since everyone will have what they need just for the asking. I am describing a dynamic system that has the capacity to change as needed. There is nothing statically fixed or utopian about it.
There is no way capitalism can do that. Think about it.
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