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And then what? Suddenly everyone gets paid for doing nothing of added value? We ban AI and similar ultra-high leverage technologies?

• adrianN 3mo ago
  Well somebody is still making things and presumably selling them. So you could tax them and redistribute the money
  • ryanbrunner 3mo ago
    In this hypothetical, at that point, those people are going to be literal no exaggeration oligarchs (arguably they are now) - just saying they should give up what would amount to a large percentage of their wealth isn't going to go over well.
    • ShinyLeftPad 3mo ago
      Won't go over well? I'm sure it will. Just not with them
• wongarsu 3mo ago
  If for that many people there truly is no way left to provide some economic value (that is rewarded enough to pay for shelter, bread and Netflix), that might mean the end of capitalism. Even living in a slum is not free I'm not sure what would replace it. A welfare state doesn't work if the state doesn't have the money. State-run economies don't have the best track record either