I would turn earth into a utopian society of intellectuals.
I would turn the other planets into earth-like colonies. They would be supplied with food, water-- all of the essentials. All violent, evil people would be shipped to one of them, jerks and idiots to another.
College would be free, schools would be restructured to encourage learning and wonder. Heavy on literature, immagination, free thinking, science and the arts.
Children would be cherished. Anyone unworthy to care for the child would be stripped of parental rights. There would be a permit-only policy on reproducing. You would have to prove that you are financially able to support the baby, and that you’re a decent enough person to have one. All unwanted children would be cared for in small group homes where they would be raised in a clean, healthy, happy environment. Intentionally and maliciously harming a child would be punishable by banishment.
Books would be free to the public, and the televison would show entertaining educational programming and shows with really good writing instead of catering to the lowest common denominator. Fart jokes have their place, but you can’t build a whole show around them.
Writers, artists and educators would be the people that we look up to. Intelligence would be strongly rewarded, and only through that and competency would a person succeed in life.
There would be an abrupt halt to politicians as we know it. No more glad-handing and kissing babies. To be a politician, you must be intelligent, aware of the issues and able to state your position without a team of speechwriters. There would be no more emotionally-motivated legislation. All new laws would have to be voted in by the people.
Taxes would end as soon as one retired. The elderly would be housed in decent homes with good medical care. As the omnipotent, I would make sure that they lived only to the age that they were healthy and had a good quality of life.
Cruelty to animals would not be tolerated. You would have to care for your pet well, or not be allowed to have one. Massive animal farms would have to give the animals space to excersise and good, wholesome feed. There would be no more calves in tiny pens or chickens in wire cages whose feet never touch the earth.
Logging for paper would cease. The companies would either have to use recycled paper, or hemp paper. Logging would be permitted only on tree farms.
Recycled products would cost half of what new products cost.
Welfare would change completely. There would be government grocery stores where the deserving poor could get groceries for free. They would recieve housing vouchers, and clothing vouchers for all of the things they need. The lazy would simply starve to death. If you don’t wanna work, then you don’t really wanna eat. The disabled would be given jobs that they can do within the constraints of their disability. If they can’t work at all, then, hey, that’s not their fault-- they would be supported by the state.
There would be carefully licensed day-care providers who would come to your home to care for your children. Since they would have very few children to care for, they could give more time and affection to each child. If you take advantage of this dare-care system, then you would be required to sit for someone else’s kids when you have time.
Children would get rewards for educational excellence. A trip to Disneyworld for Honor Roll students. A child who refused to behave in school, or refused to learn even though offered special tutoring and learning aids would have to go out into the “real world” and work for a living for one year, and then be allowed to return to school. Delinquency would not be tolerated.
That’s a little slice of my world.