When are we going to get there? When are we as a species going to make the great awakening and realize that we are all in this world and life together? When are we going to realize that everyone has a purpose, that everyone is of worth and that worth should be allowed and expressed? When are we going to awaken from the fictions we create for ourselves and unselfishly do away with them? Is it to much to ask that everyone get a clue so we can move on? I want the utopian world of tomorrow that Robert Heinlein wrote about. I want it today.

In Robert’s world there is no starvation. In Robert’s world everyone has a worth and everyone is supported in any endeavor they wish to embark upon. In Robert’s world an artist is not starving nor ridiculed because his art is not comprehensible to others. In Robert’s world you can do anything you want or desire and it is all okay and encouraged.

Want to sit on a log all day and contemplate the nature of navel fuzz? OK, just don’t hurt anyone else while doing it, but sure, go for it. Want to create a mega-corporation and be master of universal widgets, great, and good luck, and we’ll raise a glass to you for trying. Now try something else. It’s a great big universe, try anything you want, just don’t hurt others doing it.

In a world like we have today where everyone can be fed easily if only the politics were not an issue, we should be able to all live without worrying about starvation. In a world like we have today, money is a fiction that needs to be looked at again. We know it is a fiction because at anytime a government can declare it has no debt, so what is the point of worrying about insubstantial cash? The world will run just fine in deficit as it will in surplus. After all, the basics are just that, the basics and must be provided for, money or no money. In a world like we have today everyone can live without having to substantially contributing to the society, and still not worry about heath care, housing and starvation. In a world like we have today, we can all pursue whatever path we want without having to worry about the necessities. It can all be provided, freely and without malice. Will there be rules? Sure, but just enough to define a civil society, rules that we can all understand and accept.

Why do I want this you ask, not that I have to have a good reason? Simple, I want to be one of those artistic people who wish to express my art without worry. I want to be able to do as I please without being questioned about it. I want to live and contribute to the world in a way that is not your standard work 8 hours a day to pay rent being left with no will to be creative at all, nor the means to afford my creativity. I want an alternative to the lives we are offered today. Since I am not independently wealthy, I can not live the bohemian lifestyle I want.

But I could in Robert’s world.