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Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Communism is a dead paradigm, OP, just like capitalism shortly will be. We'll either make the successful leap to a post-scarcity society or the next phase of our civilization will be a return to the barter system.

Either way the rich are gonna end up as food so no worries there.

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Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

a misanthrope posted:

this coming round of automation is different than the industrial revolution. it will take jobs at a much higher rate than new ones are created, and those few newly created jobs will favor those who can get the appropriate education. the poor and anyone who has just a high school degree will be left in the dust, for good. min. wage jobs will not be a thing anymore

Exactly why we need to transition to a post-scarcity social model. Everyone gets a guaranteed minimum standard of living provided at zero cost by tireless, efficient machines.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Harrower posted:

Should probably considering rebranding universal minimum income as a bribe to keep the unwashed masses from pulling down your gated community at the seams and eating your mangled corpse in the burnt out wreckage. Rather than some empathetic socialist charity to ease the burden of the poor.

When you put it that way, I've changed my stance on a universal minimum income. to against :twisted:

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Harrower posted:

Should probably considering rebranding universal minimum income as a bribe to keep the unwashed masses from pulling down your gated community at the seams and eating your mangled corpse in the burnt out wreckage. Rather than some empathetic socialist charity to ease the burden of the poor.

But seriously I have often conjectured that the popularity of Zombie movies is our collective zeitgeist forseeing the day when the 99% rise up against the exploiters.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

bitmap posted:

is horizon zero dawn any good I finished zelda and got another week to burn

I have never heard of either of those things. I suggest reading the Culture novels by Iaian M. Banks and then drawing an animated pilot based on Consider Phlebas and pitching it to Netflix.

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