Riddle me this...

What if government, and society in general, was geared towards following the concepts behind Maslow's hierarchy of needs? What would that do for society? If people's basic needs are met, and they can follow the path to self-actualization, how much crime would there be? How much poverty? How much unhealthy behavior (drug addiction, obesity, etc)?

I wonder.

But, then again, if we were a nation of self-actualizing individuals, it would be a lot harder to control us, now wouldn't it? Rather, if everyone was living up to their full potential, there wouldn't be anyone to flip our burgers or clean our toilets. We can't have that now, can we?