Asking a question about a humane society, I want to understand whether the formation and maintenance of such a society in modern realities is possible or is it another utopia, the implementation of which is absolutely impossible.
A humane society is a society that has taken the principles of humanism as a basis for its development. Humanism is a worldview in the center of which is the person’s personality as the highest value, therefore, in a humane society, the rights of every person to freedom, happiness and realization are absolutely equal.
Ideas about a humane society were most popular in the Renaissance, but all of them are historically recognized as utopian because they did not find proper implementation. The ideology of the Soviet Union also included features of a humane society, such as social justice resulting from the distribution of income between all residents of the USSR. Due to the mere idea of a bright, humane future (communism), the Soviet people managed to achieve the unattainable: the Great Patriotic War was victoriously completed, production and agriculture were significantly expanded. But the movement towards humanism and social equality interrupted the country's transition to "capitalist rails", carried out in the 90s.
Most countries of the planet abandoned socialism as a political system, but some still have not changed their course. First of all, the People's Republic of China deserves attention, which, according to the adopted Constitution, is a socialist state of the democratic dictatorship of the people. China is not only rich in natural resources, but this country has also managed to tremendously develop production, providing today the whole world with its products. And, I must say, in China the index of social inequality is significantly lower than in Russia.
In modern Russia, one can only dream of a humane society. The transition to capitalism and democracy has widened the difference between the standard of living of the rich and the poor, and this gap continues to grow. We have practically no "middle class", and most of the population lives below the poverty line. That is why more and more new ideas about a humane society appear and spread. This is a really hot topic. One thing is clear enough: the current course of the government is unlikely to lead to the formation of a truly humane society in our country.
