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Re:Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, res... by btbuildem on Friday February 08, 2019 @02:46PM (#19117959)
Usually war served to reduce that surplus, but with automation in the military as well, this is uncharted territory.
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Re:Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, res... by mcv on Friday February 08, 2019 @07:34PM (#19119903)
The Black Death in the 14 century killed a third of the population of Europe, which lead to a surprising rise in wages and standards of living.

It's weird and uncomfortable how tragedy sometimes leads to very good things. Similarly in the opposite direction, automation should have been a good thing yet it leads to unemployment and poverty.

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Re:Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, res... by unnouinceput on Friday February 08, 2019 @08:49PM (#19120196)
So Thanos was right all along, no?
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Re:Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, res... by mcv on Saturday February 09, 2019 @03:05PM (#19124284)
In a sense, yes. But if he has that power, he could just as easily have doubled the resources in the galaxy, and that possibility never even occurred to him.

It seems like to him it's more a convenient excuse to kill lots of people.

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