Quote Originally Posted by Lankhoss
Our society is setup now, where the most rich and powerful live the best lives (at least that's what we're exposed to). Therefore, you give people this desire....and that desire can turn to envy and anger, when you see others having what you want.

You have a system where there isn't a social hierarchy, and there really is just no reason to be jealous of someone in a LOT of cases. There will still be jealousy over better looking people, or people with better personality traits.....getting a girl you want, etc. So I don't think it will be eliminated. However, these...."bad" traits that we possess, are currently EXPLOITED by our social system. This Venus Project idea tries to take focus away from that.

I personally believe that greed, anger, jealousy and other things could also be inflated by stress. Maybe I'm not so pissed off or greedy, but if my life goes to shit I may all of a sudden get pissed off at people who are making good money and/or have a beautiful wife and kids. Lower tension, in general, will help people cope MUCH better with things that may irritate them, I believe. There'd just be a LOT more stuff to focus on, and people wouldn't be so consumed by this stuff.
Oh I completely agree that greed anger, and jealousy are presently inflated by stress in the political and social system. However in Venus project world, where mostly everyone will have equal facilities and amenities, more of the stress will be focused on the social life. Crimes may still be committed by people simply being jealous, even though there is a very low stress level in this world compared to Earth. Who really knows though, it currently is just a theory...a very detailed one though.