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Re:Are jobs obsolete? by akg_67 on Wednesday September 07, 2011 @01:59PM (#2970616)
China didn't collapses, only USSR did. China learnt from USSR collapse and now showing the world how to grow while maintaining control.

Chaillete's future seems a possibility. Provide a basic level of necessities but beyond that you will need to earn your way. Isn't that's what Chinese are doing?

Whether communism or capitalisms, both extremes are bad as both results in concentration of power in the hands of a few

Re:Are jobs obsolete? by silverbax88 on Wednesday September 07, 2011 @02:01PM (#2970622)
China's structure of wealth absolutely did collapse. Now people who were in charge of vast sections of China are no longer in charge, and although still technically communist in spirit, they move farther from it every day.
Re:Are jobs obsolete? by crux_ on Thursday September 08, 2011 @01:17AM (#2972727)
Further... that's what the article was suggesting, too, although without the totalitarian overtones: "We start by accepting that food and shelter are basic human rights."