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People seem to ignore the idea that the super rich and the automated production will get as far away from the democratic masses as possible. They won't bother c
by a8da6b0c91d 13y ago
People seem to ignore the idea that the super rich and the automated production will get as far away from the democratic masses as possible. They won't bother controlling them or setting up a welfare system, they'll just leave them to scrape by however they can.
Fully automated enterprises will have huge incentives to avoid the taxing power of large states. They don't need a workforce, remember. A robotized manufacturer would set up in some small, possibly autocratic state.
How are the unemployed masses going to get their subsidies when the taxable productivity is on some small island in the pacific?
- bcoates 13y agoThat's not how taxes work. You can tax anything you can get your hands on. Unless this hypothetical robo-island has a mercantilist military capable of ensuring access to markets by force, the states would just tax the goods or resources moving in or out.
- avmich 13y agoEasy. Just make some problems getting the products of those automated enterprises to the market. Like, 90% tax.