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Re:A Japanese cyber-security expert who defended basic decen... by emodendroket on Saturday June 30, 2018 @08:20AM (#17430605)
Certainly not having to worry about ruin from medical bills is one thing making life better for the poor, but that doesn't make being poor pleasant.
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Re:A Japanese cyber-security expert who defended basic decen... by nl on Saturday June 30, 2018 @08:23AM (#17430618)
Of course not.

Are you implying that a post-scarcity society will be pleasant for everyone? I don't think that.

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Re:A Japanese cyber-security expert who defended basic decen... by emodendroket on Saturday June 30, 2018 @08:43AM (#17430679)
If you have desperately poor people who struggle to afford life's basics I don't know in what meaningful sense it's a "post-scarcity" society.
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