Would't be Possible to Give EveryOne Decent Life

The downsides of capitalism, technology development, green energy production, ecovillages, Venus Project. Do you have opinions about the future of our world?

We are now experiencing the downsides of capitalism, we can now see where it lead us. We saw USA bombing countries that didn’t accepted their view of politic, sending troops in Iraq asking support from many countries that signed the NATO treaty years ago. We saw countries destroyed by multinationals, that are just interested in their profits. We exploited for centuries an entire continent, Africa, robbing native peoples of their resources, their lives.  We condemn the system when one component of our family is attacked in the street, or worse, is killed by criminals, but we never blame ourselves for feeding this system. 

While many countries continue to offer a quiet lifestyle, there are other people who are protesting because they finally found a way to get up from a past of slavery, and they are now seeking for a glimmer of hope and a sparkle of justice. In the last decades we saw the establishment of different futuristic movements, looking for a way to give everyone the resources necessary to lead a decent life. We surely are too many on this planet, and we could think that there is not enough food, not enough water or not enough energy for everyone. 

New technologies promised us a new way to obtain energy by not using fossil fuels, not to mention the energy savings from new appliances.
Still, we continue to pursue profits and attain selfish objectives, we only look for our achievement, leaving behind everything else.
We work for about 6/8 hours a day for 6 days, and I think that this leaves us too little time to build a life, but that’s just my opinion. Obviously I’m not saying that we shouldn’t work at all. Work is important, technology development is important, and we couldn’t think to survive without producing. 
But this consumerism is literally destroying what makes us human.

While science is literally revolutionizing the way we look at space, the way we understand and consider life on this and other worlds, we continue to fight between us for trivial reasons.

I actually came across a strange, yet interesting site, about this Venus  Project: http://www.thevenusproject.com/

I was really impressed by the innovative ideas and concept of life they explained in their site, and I must say it is explained really well. But it seems too good, or too distant (in terms of time) to be something to take in serious consideration. What do you think about it?

I knew about ecovillages, villages in which people adopted a vegetarian diet and an essentialist, minimalist lifestyle, without wastes, without using money.
I’m wondering: if we take inspiration from ecovillages and we get ideas from the Venus Project, there would be any chance to give everyone a decent life? 

For a moment, don’t take in consideration the deep-rooted selfishness we live with everyday, nor the conflicts that arise every day because of politics or religion. Let’s talk about resources. Let’s talk about possibilities.