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Is it just income that’s the issue? I’d rather say it’s purpose. Even more: What will happen to democracy in a world where 100% of the population are 27/7 consu

• IHLayman 1y ago
  “ What will happen to democracy in a world where 100% of the population are 27/7 consumers?” …we’ll add three hours to our day? Bu seriously, I support what you are saying. This is why the entire consumer system needs to change, because in a world with no jobs it is by definition unsustainable.
  • ryandrake 1y ago
    Not if it's ends up a literal utopia where robots do all the work and all humans share equally in the benefits, and get to live their lives with a purpose other than toiling for N hours a week to earn M survival tokens, which is what we have today. Good luck coming up with the political will to actually implement that utopia, though.
• Gepsens 1y ago
  Smaller cities, human size, humans closer to nature, robots bring stuff from factories by driving. Done
  • yoz-y 1y ago
    Seeing how the humans behave when an extreme minority is able to control the production and the army…
• creer 1y ago
  > What will happen to democracy in a world where 100% of the population are 27/7 consumers? What does the one have to do with the other? But even then, currently plenty of people find their fun in creating - when it's not their job. And they struggle with finding the time for that. Sometimes the materials and training and machines for that also. Meanwhile a majority of current jobs involve zero personal creativity or making or creating. Driving or staffing a retail outlet or even most cooking jobs can't really be what you are looking for on your argument? Is the road to post-scarcity more likely with or without robots?