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The point is that If basic food and clothing and shelter and internet and housing were free, the economy would be very different.
by gitfan86 5y ago
The point is that If basic food and clothing and shelter and internet and housing were free, the economy would be very different.
- bryanlarsen 5y agoBut would it? In most of the developed world health care is free, and it's more expensive than food, clothing & internet, and almost as expensive as shelter.
- trcarney 5y agohealth care is not free anywhere, you either pay for it at the point of use or through taxes.
- bryanlarsen 5y agoHealth care in the developed world ex-US is free in the same sense as the food, clothing and housing is free in gitfan86's comment I was referring to.
- DarylZero 5y agoYes, homelessness is the whip of modern capitalism, if you remove it, then the entire foundation of behavioral control is gone.
- visarga 5y agoEven with perfect automation you'd still need to provide the raw materials, that means it can't be free. Unless you recycle perfectly.
- DarylZero 5y agoExtracting the raw materials can also be automated.
- visarga 5y agoYes, if you have them or can recycle. It would be great to find ways to build everything with materials that are plentiful but sometimes it's not possible. Perfect automation is like biology, it can work and replicate on its own but sill needs to compete for limited resources in the ecosystem.