All societal ills stem from people's basic needs not being covered unconditionally

We were born without our consent but yet have to earn our right to live, and that in itself proves our system relies on blackmail and coercion to ensure participation, which is immoral. Society won't start deserving the title 'civilized' till the safety net is elevated to include the guaranteed fulfillment of the most essential needs --food, shelter, healthcare-- unconditionally, for each and every member. Until the animating force behind people's actions is no longer fear or despair, with productivity being coerced under the threat of ruin, we shall have rampant crime and mental illness, in a harsh, callous society, to all of our detriment (even that of the rich), majorly harming progress. Loved it when George Carlin said: "if your rights truly came from God, He would've given you the right to some food every day and to a roof over your head" --that was his idea of a morally evolved Bill of Rights.