The perfect world. The perfect society. Many have tried and failed to produce a society with equity and equality. In New Zealand we are lucky not to have poverty. Some would argue against this and say we do, but when I look around, poverty in NZ can be considered as; to live in a state house with a second hand car. This is not poverty. Around the world millions would die for our poverty and are shocked at our attitude towards it. In our education everyone is given equal opportunities. There’s no escaping this fact because schools are compulsory until the age of sixteen. The main factors that would stop this is, 1. Choice. If your found in the gutter it’s because you chose to be there. Because you chose not go to school, or chose to take up drugs. Which leads to the second: 2. Health. If your sick then you can’t work. However this is eliminated by the fact that NZ’s health system would look after you. 3. Home life. If you have a father that abuses you, or live in a dysfunctional home to the point that you can’t study, then it’s not your choice but your circumstance. In reality I can not think of a solution for this because you can’t rule how a family works, unless it was a nanny state.

But this is not an article about the issues of poverty but a philosophical idea on the solution. When I think of the perfect society, I don’t think of America, or Rome or the Assyrians. I think back even further to what’s shown in Genesis called the Tower of Babel. Here was a world that spoke the same language, that worked together, and would have, if they hadn’t been stopped, overtaken what’s taken us humans today thousands of years to understand and achieve. They could have been kicking into their industrial revolution in that era. Even God said, “…Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.” (Gen. 11) Can you imagine that? Nothing would be impossible. Science fiction would become science fact.

So what is it that they had that we don’t. First, they spoke the same language. Through out history culture differences and language barriers have deterred us from advancing in knowledge and technology. Second; unity and peace. There were no wars. There were no guns or tanks. Why? Because there was no need for them. Who were they going to fight? I’m making some assumptions here but doing it for the purpose of the principles that can be found in this scripture.

So what would it look like if every country on Earth put aside their military and eliminated all weapons of mass destruction. I for one would feel safer. Is this notion possible?

What would it look like if there were no boarders, no countries. Just humans and earth.

This is what it would look like: There would be no boarders, no currency, no money. This is because we are all working together. Everyone is assigned to their gifting, whether it be painting or building. If your passion is entertainment, then entertain. If it’s farming then you would farm for the world. If it’s science, we move forward with the benefits of new technology and enjoy the new finds of science.

This world is possible but there are three things that stop it, greed, jealousy and selfishness. The greed of power. The envy of one’s neighbor, and the selfishness of man.

I thought communism was a great idea, until I realized those three things would stop it from ever truly working. So is there any good that can come out of this? Is there any benefits we can use in our own societies? There is. That is generosity.

Imagine a world without generosity or sharing. We would lack those emotional bonds to enjoy real happiness. This is not limited to the material world but compliments, smiles and nods are a gift to those around us.

Generosity builds happiness. It answers so many of the issues I have talked about earlier. What’s the opposite of greed? Generosity. What’s the opposite of selfishness? Sharing. We can’t unite all countries or have one language like that of Babel, but we can be generous. An individual act we can do right now.