Pure Survival Is the Result of Tearing It All Down

If we tore down this imperfect world, how would it compare to a world not too far back? Could we really improve upon it, starting from the base level up? Well, the thing is, if we tore it all down, we would go back to simply pure survival, rather than having the opportunity to thrive. Now maslow. Everybody knows maslow and his hierarchy of needs. We have the pyramid where self lisation and transcendence are at the top of the pyramid - but we must first make sure that the base of our pyramid is sorted out. Pure survival needs to be taken care of first before we challenge ourselves intellectually. Then we have aesthetic needs, and then self actualization