My ideal society would have a floor. By this I mean, regardless of how bad your decisions where and how unlucky you where in the genetic lottery, there should be a limit to how bad your circumstances can be. VERY basic housing, food, and health care would be the right of any citizen, regardless of their incompetence at living in my perfect utopia.

For those suffering from severe drug addictions and mental health issues, just putting a little more money in their pocket isn't going to do any good (and in the case of the drug addict could possibly do the opposite). These two groups need medical and psychological care more than they need money.

Everyone else is more benefitted by low unemployment levels. Marx was right in saying that there is a constant struggle between labor and capital for the Earth's resources, but his prescriptive cure was worse than the disease itself.

Labor and capital are always at odds with one another, trying to gain as bigger share of output. This is always the game they play, with each trying to get a better deal for itself.

But let this sink in. When two capitalists compete for one laborer, labor wins. When two laborers compete for one job, the capitalists win.

When the unemployment rate is low, things improve for the average person. When the unemployment rate is high, people take jobs far shittier than they normally would, and things get worse for the average person.