Re:Is the Entire Economy Gentrifying?
by hotpotamus on Saturday March 04, 2023 @10:35AM
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I assume it ends with the entire economy working to support the one capitalist who wins the game. Sort of like Highlander.
Re:Is the Entire Economy Gentrifying?
by toomuchtodo on Saturday March 04, 2023 @10:43AM
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Hopefully KingGPT is benevolent.
As a language model, I'm not capable of benevolence
Re:Is the Entire Economy Gentrifying?
by toomuchtodo on Saturday March 04, 2023 @11:31AM
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Finally, the interesting times I was promised.
Not when the vendors are all monopolies and workers have no discretionary money to spend.
Re:Is the Entire Economy Gentrifying?
by nine_zeros on Saturday March 04, 2023 @11:21AM
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> There aren't enough rich people to sustain this. It'll work until another company comes in and out-prices them.
It will never get to that point because the wealthy have learned to spend on lobbying to protect their wealth.
The ROI of spending $15 million on lobbying > the ROI of spending $15 million on innovation/efficiency/new products.
There aren't enough rich people to sustain this. It'll work until another company comes in and out-prices them.