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> Capital needs consumers to make a profit. Fundamentally, demand is survival instinct, which develops under Darwinian pressure. B2B is already growing faster
by pygy_ 8y ago
> Capital needs consumers to make a profit.
Fundamentally, demand is survival instinct, which develops under Darwinian pressure. B2B is already growing faster than B2C. Wages are globally stagnating while capital keeps on growing. The industry as a self-maximizer can be its own consumer.
> Governments will be able to subsidise it. [...] Otherwise there will be a revolution.
This assumes that humans will still have some kind of power. Being somewhat competitive in the job market is the only power most people have today.