• village604@adultswim.fan
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    3 hours ago

    That’s not how things work. If people have to work to buy things, then people not being able to work can’t buy things and the share value drops to $0.

    The only way this works is with UBI

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      2 hours ago

      Tell it to companies “selling” ram and drives to data centres that never get built.

      Make up sales, stonks go up.

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        And where do those data centers get their money? Without end customers to sell to, there is no markets. If all jobs are taken by robots, then people will not have work and will not get paychecks to buy stuff. Basically the only option is true socialism and everyone just gets their government checks. But I also don’t really see that happening

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          1 hour ago

          You’re still stuck on the actual physicality of normal trade.

          These fuckers are making shit up and selling moon farts

          • village604@adultswim.fan
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            41 minutes ago

            They’re not making shit up. Purchasing future production is a very common thing. Shit, tons of Etsy shops operate like that.

            Money is a representation of the value of human labor. It’s how people can trade their work for the products of other people’s work without having to directly trade specific items.

            The ultra wealthy see money as a vehicle for power over the masses, because people need to work to live. They’re not hoarding that much wealth just to be able to buy expensive stuff.

            If all human labor is replaced with robots, then they lose all of that power. If human labor holds no value, then neither does money.