Well, yes, in magic fairy land.
that's a brilliant idea. In the same way that Communism is a brilliant idea. It only works if EVERY SINGLE PERSON is a good, honest person having a good, honest day, every day, forever.

You don't even need to be a particularly evil person to fuck it up, just be a normal human being who likes what they have around them and couldn't in all honesty give a significant toss about the rest of the world, since they are spending most of their time with more pressing, immediate and local concerns.

I'm with the cynics on this - we'll never conquer world hunger, we'll never eliminate poverty, we'll never eradicate crime, we'll never stop war, oppression, bigotry and anvery other scourge of the race that can be gathered under the catch-all heading of "being unfair".

It doesn't by any means mean you shouldn't try and minimise those things, but don't be deluded it's a fight you can win.
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Mon 30 Jun 2008, 11:15, Reply)