As someone who studies sociology, politics, and modern history, I'm in a no better situation to consider myself an expert than anyone, yet I'm convinced I've struck an idea in my own mind - and I'm going to lay it out.
British society and politics sucks!
I've been thinking about Marxism/Communism and in principle, I agree with it, in execution I think its failed miserably, so here's my assertions:
Nobody's time is worth any more than anyone else's, therefore there should be a uniform wage.
To stop university (or other forms of higher education) graduates screaming that this disadvantages them, the system would pay them for their education. I'm not talking about EMA either - I'm talking about the same wage as for work.
This wage wouldn't be in money though, this is where it becomes truly inspired, I believe you should get 'hours', which basically comes down to every work hour you do is worth an hour credit.
Technically, all work would be to the benefit to the state, and your 'hours' whilst spent on whatever you please would really become inconsequential.
Entertainment would be completely free, what we currently know as TV would be aired on TiVo like systems, where you pick what you wish to see. If you don't wish to do it like that, you can download/stream TV episodes over the internet. Using the BitTorrent protocol I might add (it is truly ingenious, and really outlines what this form of society would come down to, everyone shares, and therefore it is to the benefit of everyone).
Now, before you start thinking "This system is naive, Doctor's have a much more stressful time than bin men" or whatever it is you people think, consider this: The state cannot control whether or not people take their job home with them, and they can be counselled on how best to deal with stress. The same thing works for footballers, I don't give a shit whether they have to train for hours in preparation for matches, providing its on the field it would be permitted as work. If its exercise at home it doesn't count. Simple. If they break a limb and can no longer play professionally then they have to retrain for a profession they can do. Just because football isn't a long term profession doesn't mean they should get paid ridiculous amounts in the meantime.
Handicapped people can work too, this system would be completely indiscriminate.
This system would try to encourage people not to go into further education, its a waste of time really. Unless you have a determined profession you want to go into, you would be encouraged to join the army and find yourself. The current army is a perfect platform for the system that would be introduced, according to your skills you would be channelled into specialised sections of it.
Oh, and space science would be outlawed. There is no need for people to study it, it is of no use in current society, budding scientists need to work on cures for diseases and stuff on earth and have to take their heads out of the fucking clouds. You aren't going to get people to Jupiter or wherever in our lifetime anyway - and even if we did it would be of no damned benefit to anyone.
Which leads me onto my next point, no knighthoods or anything like that. No-one is any more important to society to anyone else. Achievement can be recognised, sure, that's fine. But acting like someone who stumbles upon some lameass planet, or someone born with incredible intelligence manages to do something clever has worked harder, or is more deserving than some average worker who will never do anything spectacular insults me.
And another thing, public transport will be just that, and public toilets will NEVER close.
I'm sure other things will come to me, so I'll update this as I please.
Revision 1) I hit Wikipedia, the best free online encyclopaedia in existence for various things, (Marxism, Communism, Cuba - but not Russia, Russia is nothing to do with the Communist ideal, I'm sure), this is what relevant content I have from it:
The underlying principle of Marxism is that 'Each gave
according to his abilities, and received according to his needs.'
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Cuba
After Fidel Castro's nationalistic revolt in Cuba, he was snubbed by President
Eisenhower, who went out to play golf on the day he was scheduled to meet with
Castro, and assigned Vice President Richard Nixon to meet with Castro instead.
Castro was extremely annoyed at the slight, and entered into negotiations with
the Soviet Union. Castro aligned with the Soviets and declared himself a
communist shortly afterward.
The Cuban government estimates that the total direct economic impact caused to
Cuba by the U.S. embargo is $70 billion, including loss of export earnings,
additional import costs, limiting the growth of the Cuban economy, and social
damage. The U.S. International Trade Commission estimates an ongoing annual loss
to U.S. exporters of $1.2 billion. Nevertheless, the embargo had a limited
effect on Cuba in its first few decades as the island nation was heavily
subsidized by the Soviet Union and the Comecon nations which supplied Cuba with
cheap oil, consumer goods, and subsidies. This peaked in the 1980s, when Cuba
received around $6 billion per annum. Cuba also was provided with guaranteed
export markets for its goods (mainly sugar and nickel), long-term supply and
delivery arrangements for Soviet oil and machinery at low prices, and trade
credits to support its other trading arrangements.
Left-wing and more radical critics of U.S. policy toward Cuba, including Noam
Chomsky, argue that the embargo was put in place to prevent Castro's socialist
program from succeeding and serving as a model for other Latin American
countries, thus having a domino effect.
It remains an extremely controversial issue worldwide, with the General Assembly
of the United Nations condemning it for the 13th time in 2004 by a huge margin.
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"As long as I am mayor of this city the great
industries are secure. We hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the
free press. Every time I hear these words I say to myself, 'That man is a Red,
that man is a Communist.' You never hear a real American talk like that."
–Frank Hague (1896 - 1956), mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
Did I ever mention that my opinion of America is pretty low. Very low.
The next amendment necessary to be mentioned is that there would be referendums on everything. Gone would be the political system of today, which focuses on 2 Party's and narrow issues boiling down to a choice which has no different outcome whichever way you go.
I don't see how people can own natural resources, they should be state owned. You own your house, to do as you please with, you don't own your land, although you can rightfully bar someone else from trespassing sure. The second you start thinking you own oil for instance, just because you find it on your land is bullshit. You don't deserve to get rich off of that, you cant control it and it's pure ignorance. Ideas like that should be a thing of the past. The days of Serf's working for a lord who inherited land are long gone, or certainly should be.
So basically, I'm talking about material and democratic egalitarianism, with my own personal spin.