Yeah, but in the USSR they never really tried democracy except for the most fleeting moments...the fact that they had no past democratic tradition to build on really got in their way. The other thing that got in their way was that the whole western world tried to crush them in the cradle, then isolated them like pariahs, and they retalitated by attacking the West in return and wasted their resources for 50 years in a fruitless arms race. I am not suggesting that sort of system. It would have to be done everywhere, not just in one country, and it would have to be done democratically, without suppression of people's human rights.

What I am suggesting is something very similar to Star Trek Next Generation...without having to worry about Ferengi, Klingons, etc. One unified world society that shares equally and rewards initiative and accomplishment, not with money and material goods, but with promotion to more interesting and challenging roles in life. I don't know about you, but I love challenge and accomplishment, and I would spend a lot more of my energy on precisely that, if the damned money wolf was not at the door.

In Cuba, right now, they have more social justice than we do in many respects...I kid you not(I've been there)...and less social justice in some other respects. I am not recommending copying their system...but to take on certain postive aspects of their system...YES! Take those (like free, modern and good medical care for everyone everywhere, including visitors) and build on it.

I'm not talking about Communism. Communism is a system that thinks man DOES live by bread alone, and it makes a god out of a political party. Communism is in many respects a disaster, though it was not intended that way.