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> Post scarcity doesn’t mean “I dream of a palace and it appears.” It means basic necessities of life are available to all without everyone laboring. I think we
by throwawaylinux 3y ago
> Post scarcity doesn’t mean “I dream of a palace and it appears.” It means basic necessities of life are available to all without everyone laboring. I think we are actually there, but have induced a scarcity economy with extreme imbalances and fake incentives to toil for toils sake.
To be clear, that is according to the definition you've made up. The commonly understood definition includes many or most of peoples' desires. Travel, housing, vacations, iphones, advanced health care, entertainment, higher education, etc.
> I think we are actually there, but have induced a scarcity economy with extreme imbalances and fake incentives to toil for toils sake.
Even in western countries, millions of people are struggling with basic costs of housing, energy, and even food. I mean people who actually work many hours every day and earn money are struggling with these things. We seem to be a long way off it even for your "basic necessities" definition.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoPost-scarcity does not mean that scarcity has been eliminated for all goods and services but that all people can easily have their basic survival needs met along with some significant proportion of their desires for goods and services. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-scarcity_economy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-scarcity_economy To your point, they do. However I’d assert that’s mostly due to income inequality and false scarcity to induce labor for labors sake.
- throwawaylinux 3y agoNot for all goods and services, no. It's not just the basic necessities for life though. And I'd assert it's not mostly due to income inequality.