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My first thought - who owns your living quarters, the machines which show up, the clothes, etc? These are the people who are really living well as the rest of t
by nonford150 6y ago
My first thought - who owns your living quarters, the machines which show up, the clothes, etc? These are the people who are really living well as the rest of the ruled are indebted to them forever.
IF the answer is government, please just stop. A central ruling class? This has always ended badly. If the answer is private enterprise, ask why accept the role you have chosen and instead work to accumulate the goods you can provide as services. Then you have freedom - from rents, from control, and the removal of spontaneity.
- Agebor 6y agoWhy not corporations? They would be owned by the market and compete against each other to offer best quality machinery. Of course you still have the leadership class of people that could be corrupt, but that can be solved e.g. by sortition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition + you need anti-monopoly laws and some solutions preventing competition-to-the-bottom (e.g. if marginal cost of service becomes 0, it may no longer make sense to compete for it, so it needs to enter some sort of maintenance mode to keep quality in check)
- nonford150 6y agoIt's possible sortition could be used but unlikely to be successful. Yes, there always is corruption in every institution - part of human nature. It's not going away, no matter what ruling class is in power. My point is - how can someone express true happiness when they are controlled by others? With all these services, there would be no justification for betterment. It all sounds like an advertisement for centralized authoritatism - "We'll take care of your wants and dreams; you just give us your all".