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> Does Earth become a giant favela ruled by a dozen trillionaires with a tiny supporting bourgeoisie? Yes. SF author imagines it would be more efficient to con
by bmn__ 2y ago
> Does Earth become a giant favela ruled by a dozen trillionaires with a tiny supporting bourgeoisie?
Yes. SF author imagines it would be more efficient to concentrate the proles of into a small agglomeration of buildings. It's easier for the policebots to keep track of the economically worthless underclass that way, you see. https://marshallbrain.com/manna4#:~:text=terrafoam https://marshallbrain.com/manna4#:~:text=terrafoam
Wouldn't you rather have an Earth where all of mankind shares in the fruits of automation of labour and everyone can live a blessed live? Read the last few chapters of the story.
- ryandrake 2y agoWe're basically headed towards Elysium but without the cool space station. Just a handful of trillionaires living in opulence, walled off from a few billion commoners building everything for them while living in poverty. Plus a robust police and surveillance state to keep those commoners from making trouble.
- ashoeafoot 2y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilded_Age https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilded_Age full circle and the gilded age brings back communism