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Accelerationists believe in a post-scarcity society where the cost of production will be negligible. In that scenario, and I am not a believer, consumer demand
by jsemrau 2y ago
Accelerationists believe in a post-scarcity society where the cost of production will be negligible. In that scenario, and I am not a believer, consumer demand would be independent of wages.
- farts_mckensy 2y agoIn that scenario, wages and money in general would be obsolete.
- riffraff 2y agoThat makes wealth accumulation pointless so the whole article makes no sense either, right? Tho I guess even post scarcity we'd have people who care about hoarding gold-pressed latinum.
- otabdeveloper4 2y ago> consumer demand would be independent of wages That's the literal actual textbook definition of "communism". Lmao that I actually lived to see the day when techbros seriously discuss this.
- farts_mckensy 2y agoThat is not the "textbook definition" of communism. You have no idea what you're talking about.
- bawolff 2y ago> Lmao that I actually lived to see the day when techbros seriously discuss this. People have been making comparisons between post scarcity economics and "utopia communism" for decades at this point. This talking point probably predates your birth.
- doubleyou 2y agocommunism is a universally accepted ideal