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Yes, this is extremely insightful. Our society should be, at any post-1960 tech levels, effectively post-scarcity. Murray Bookchin discussed this in [Post-Scarc
by NoGravitas 7y ago
Yes, this is extremely insightful. Our society should be, at any post-1960 tech levels, effectively post-scarcity. Murray Bookchin discussed this in [Post-Scarcity Anarchism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Scarcity_Anarchism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Scarcity_Anarchism) in 1971.
- leetcrew 7y agopost-scarcity of what? we do have enough food in aggregate, but do we have the logistics to actually get it to everyone? would food for everyone look anything like what I actually want to eat? don't we already use too much energy? we're certainly not post-scarcity wrt NYC apartments.
- CalRobert 7y agoThat's the point though. Housing is constrained by policy, not any intrinsic limitation. NYC is an imperfect example but imagine if you wanted to tear down houses in Berkeley and put up apartments to meet demand. You're forbidden from doing this by law.