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Very interesting.
To me the weakest aspect is in this:
The solution to both of these problems is to create the necessary structures to allow citizens themselves to create these images of the future.
Why? Because the "is to create" implies people - not enlightened beings directly in touch with an alleged objective reality - doing so, which implies bias, i.e. temptation to create in ways leading unto personal benefit at others' expense.
It's where I draw the line on socio-economic improvement theories, really... that's there's nobody to do it (i.e. make it happen) but the same beings in need of it being right-as-though-created-by-an-un-fucked-up species to begin with in order for there being any chance of it succeeding.
Interesting! So, let me get this straight: is it the creation of structures you have a hard time believing in, or the use of those structures by citizens?
Also: I'm probably being a bit thick, could you rephrase the meaty bit of your second sentence: "there's nobody to do it ... but the same beings in need of it being right-as-though-created-by-an-un-fucked-up species to begin with in order for there being any chance of it succeeding"?