"A contemporary egalitarian society would not be a Utopia. Although things like bullying, greed, and prejudice would not disappear entirely, they would no longer be a part of the accepted social fabric as they are in a dominance-hierarchy. This would not only make for a kinder society but also a more productive one, where more workers would feel engaged with the work that they do, and morale would not be damaged by authoritarian workplace bullies.
Rather than teaching children to obey adults because they are bigger, stronger, and capable of coercive punishments, children would be empowered to respect themselves and others. They would be taught to value differences and would learn how to cooperate rather than to reflexively compete and compare themselves to everyone around them. Empathy and non-violence would be valued and taught, rather than might makes right and that whoever is the most ruthless wins. We give some lip service to this, but everything from action movies to the fact that many schools do little to curb bullying speaks to this “survival of the fittest” mentality.
Teaching and other care-oriented work would be economically valued as well as other types of work that contributes to society rather than whatever makes the most money for stockholders and the elites. There would still be some economic disparity but it would not have the huge extremes that we currently have in many places in the US."
