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creates incentives for the makers to optimize their revenue generation The quote in my other post up there says community pension is fueled by taxing corporati
by seiji 13y ago
creates incentives for the makers to optimize their revenue generation
The quote in my other post up there says community pension is fueled by taxing corporations who generate income from virtually zero (or highly leveraged toward automation) human labor. So, yes, optimizing their revenue will increase the payments to the community pension fund which will help it grow larger.
Post-scarcaity will come right after everybody is automated out of a job, so we'll have zero employment and massive corporations. I see your point about backwards third world places being run by money warlords, but I'm not sure that's a rational outcome for modern society. Once you have empowered populations, those go away quickly.
- prostoalex 13y agoTaxing them on what? Profit? Sales? The scheme I've described could very well apply to the US. Company A in China is doing the manufacturing with virtually zero human labor. It sells its product to Company B, located in a tax-free zone, which then resells the product to the US importer, Company C, which then sells it in the US. It just so happens that Company C makes a tiny margin on the profit it receives after buying from Company B, so it's happy to pay an exorbitant tax on that profit margin. Company B is the one who makes a killing, but hey, it's in the tax-free zone, those lucky bastards.