If given power, what will be the first social problem you would remove from this world ?

All social problems are the result of political evil and/or political incompetence.

But I figure if you eliminate all the tyrants and other hyper controlling governments, they will just come back until you eliminate illiteracy.

So I will go with illiteracy.

Religion.

I know that’s not typically seen as a social problem, but religion and its effects (particularly fundamentalist religions) are behind many, if not most of the social problems today.

Consider just a few:

- religion teaches that birth control is bad. Results: too many children that live in poverty

- religion (some) teaches that white people are better than any other race.

- religion frequently denies science (stem cell research for example) and people die as a result

- religion denies personal autonomy (abortion) and women die

- religion (some) keep women subjugated, and in some societies, slaves

etc.

The whole us/them mentality. Most social ills stem from this. Seriously, fuck you if you are not adult enough to work/associate with people who don’t think or believe in exactly what you do.

Bigotry
Intolerance
Apathy

Universal education on the Finnish model.

Donald Trump.

Stupidity, in the broadest sense.

Poverty.

Tribalism and demonizing of the other

I am totally with @elbanditoroso on this one, although I could make a list of 10.

Stupid people.

War.

Poverty, child abuse, illiteracy, racism. In that order.

@Call_Me_Jay How is Finnish education a problem?

I’d go with propaganda and mass media.

I’d negotiate / aim for as much of the whole child molestation & silence & shame & abuse swirl as I could clean up.

Lack of compassion for people who are different or who you don’t understand. That would solve just about every other problem. Unless apathy and defeatism took over.

When I’m the Queen and Supreme Dictator of this planet, I’ll require every girl to have a Norplant, or some other subdermal device, implanted within her body. She won’t know the device’s location, and she won’t be allowed to remove it until age 21.

^ Er, what does this implant do?

^^^ Are you asking for information or being rhetorical? I’m not writing these words to be snarky or sarcastic; I want to know how to respond.

I was sincere, but I ended up googling it and seeing it’s birth control. Seems a little invasive for the government but I understand why you feel the way you do. I’m just glad it’s not a tracking chip or something lol.

^^^ Yes, invasive, but I was playing the what-if-I-ruled-the-world game. Of course I respect reproductive freedom and rights but, in a fantasy world, I’d protect 14-year-olds from early motherhood.

Legit!

Actually, overpopulation would come before religion…

lack of birth control education, unworkable world wide food distribution

I would eliminate, hate, greed, selfishness and ignorance.
Oh, wait. I just realized you said the first thing. So ignorance would be number one. Erase ignorance and it should take care of most things.