If you were to recreate society what would you do?

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Hi I was wondering what everyone's take might be on this topic.
Imagine you're one of the remaining survivors of the human race, alongside a group of a few others. Obviously you're faced with two problems. You can't do whatever you were doing before, because that was the downfall of society before and you want to recreate society. Say that you have the power to make some rules or have the ability to influence someone's decisions who has the power to do so, what rules or things you would like to do to ensure a better, brighter future for mankind?

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  • --
    3 years ago

    Build me a wood cabin, abduct me a bitch, spend my days hunting and lighting fires

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  • JellyBeanBandit
    3 years ago

    I'd adopt Esperanto as the global language. It's phonetically consistent, grammatically consistent, and is just so much easier and makes way more sense than any other language. So much time would be saved not having to teach children frivolous little spelling/grammar rules throughout the generations. English would still be necessary though until all of the ancient pre-apocalyptic texts have been translated.

    I'd adopt the Dozenal System (Base 12) over the Decimal System (Base 10). That's not to be confused with the 'Imperial System vs. Metric System' issue though, this would actually change the way we count and do arithmetic. It would make learning maths much easier for all the future generations.

    All measurements would then be based around the number 12 so as to match the Base 12 system to make them easier to calculate with (similar to how the metric system is based on 10s to match our Base 10 counting system, which is why the metric system is easier to use). If possible they'd be based on multiples of 12 of Natural Units (eg. the Planck Units), using dozenal prefixes (similar to the SI metric prefixes that we have now), to make a truly universal and meaningful measurement system.

    I'd also reform the clock and calendar to be based around the number 12, and it would be a non-changing 'perennial' calendar (I'm not sure how that would work with the calendar though, since you can't change the fact that there are 365 days in a year. But I'd figure out a good compromise).

    I'd abolish time zones and just have one universal time.

    There'd be no Daylight Saving Time.

    Years would begin counting from the year of the apocalypse rather than sticking to the birth of Jesus.

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    • SingleUse
      3 years ago

      Btw Esperanto is still grammatically inconsistent - just that these inconsistencies are a bit rarer than in other languages.

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      • JellyBeanBandit
        3 years ago

        Ok sorry fair enough, I haven't looked deeply into it or started learning it yet so I didn't know that. Still it is probably the most consistent language in the world.

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    • Clunk42
      3 years ago

      You sound like you'd try to do what the French tried to do after the revolution. It didn't work then, so I doubt it would work now.

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      • JellyBeanBandit
        3 years ago

        What do you mean? It did work then for the most part didn't it? The whole world uses the metric system now, apart from a couple stubborn countries. Yeah their calendar and clock didn't pan out, but apart from those everything else took off.

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  • Mammal-lover
    3 years ago

    I'd go tribal with it. Outlaw mass gatherings. Population controll very tightly. Forced combat and survival training. Must contribute it be exiled. Everyone farms when physically able including children.

    Some more stuff like that

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    • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
      3 years ago

      so yallre recreatin north korea?

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    • KholatKhult
      3 years ago

      Wha-.... what kinda tribes y’all got over there

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      • Mammal-lover
        3 years ago

        Nothing to that extent quite but that's were I would go with it. Definitly bring cave art back. Hang up some privacy tents.. you know the important stuff. Maybe some Greek mythology could get brought back to life

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  • McSorley
    3 years ago

    I'd appoint myself king of Ontario. I'd have me a house up north with a massive rose garden and a queen who's good in the sack and an awesome baker.

    I'd form an army who'd go around raiding people's fridges for me. Then I'd relax our gun laws just for the queen so she could kill anyone who tries to raid mine because that would suck & girls with guns are sexy.

    I'd make it illegal for them to cancel sports even during virus outbreaks. And ban squirrels so I'd never run over another one ever again.

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