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The you’ll see wealth inequality skyrocket as rich people enjoy wealth compounding for an additional X years.

rbanffy 3y ago
Unless we get rid of capitalism as well. Or, at least, force these people to pay taxes that prevent the accumulation of wealth and its undue influence in politics.
- jncfhnb 3y ago
  Hard. While capitalism may be an established societal practice, accumulation of wealth and power is also the natural state of things. You need an incredibly cohesive society to prevent that, the likes of which humanity has never seen imo.
  - rbanffy 3y ago
    Humanity has never seen a lot of things that are now ubiquitous. Have hope.
- Bloating 3y ago
  What happened before capitalism?
  - osigurdson 3y ago
    Oneguyism. It is still pretty popular.
- osigurdson 3y ago
  Communism is way better: everyone is poor except one guy.
  - osigurdson 3y ago
    Looks like I’m getting downvoted by CCP bots.
  - fooker 3y ago
    “bUt tRuE CoMMunISM^TM hAS nEVEr bEEN TriED!!”
    - osigurdson 3y ago
      True actually, oneguyism is often disguised as communism.
bradlys 3y ago
If most people can live forever, they’ll rebel against the conditions they live in. I suspect the rich would actually perish. A lot of life now is ordained on the idea that we don’t live forever and we can’t see change in our lifetimes… but if the lifetime is forever - well, I’m gonna fight to make it better immediately cause then I have forever to enjoy it.
- jncfhnb 3y ago
  Seems rather backwards to me. Insurrection doesn’t take very long and the stakes are much higher when you have immortality.
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osigurdson 3y ago
I think the ultimate solution is to get to the point where everything is very cheap. With AI and robotics, maybe this will be possible. Then wealth doesn't matter that much - everyone could be relatively much wealthier than they are today. Truly scarce things will only be for the rich. Who cares, let them have their gold and premium real estate.

Unless we get rid of capitalism as well. Or, at least, force these people to pay taxes that prevent the accumulation of wealth and its undue influence in politics.

jncfhnb 3y ago
Hard. While capitalism may be an established societal practice, accumulation of wealth and power is also the natural state of things. You need an incredibly cohesive society to prevent that, the likes of which humanity has never seen imo.
- rbanffy 3y ago
  Humanity has never seen a lot of things that are now ubiquitous. Have hope.
Bloating 3y ago
What happened before capitalism?
- osigurdson 3y ago
  Oneguyism. It is still pretty popular.
osigurdson 3y ago
Communism is way better: everyone is poor except one guy.
- osigurdson 3y ago
  Looks like I’m getting downvoted by CCP bots.
- fooker 3y ago
  “bUt tRuE CoMMunISM^TM hAS nEVEr bEEN TriED!!”
  - osigurdson 3y ago
    True actually, oneguyism is often disguised as communism.

bradlys 3y ago

If most people can live forever, they’ll rebel against the conditions they live in. I suspect the rich would actually perish. A lot of life now is ordained on the idea that we don’t live forever and we can’t see change in our lifetimes… but if the lifetime is forever - well, I’m gonna fight to make it better immediately cause then I have forever to enjoy it.

jncfhnb 3y ago
Seems rather backwards to me. Insurrection doesn’t take very long and the stakes are much higher when you have immortality.

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osigurdson 3y ago

I think the ultimate solution is to get to the point where everything is very cheap. With AI and robotics, maybe this will be possible. Then wealth doesn't matter that much - everyone could be relatively much wealthier than they are today. Truly scarce things will only be for the rich. Who cares, let them have their gold and premium real estate.