Re:Replacement.ai
by leobg on Sunday October 19, 2025 @11:27AM
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Is it just income that’s the issue? I’d rather say it’s purpose. Even more: What will happen to democracy in a world where 100% of the population are 27/7 consumers?
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Smaller cities, human size, humans closer to nature, robots bring stuff from factories by driving. Done
Seeing how the humans behave when an extreme minority is able to control the production and the army…
“ What will happen to democracy in a world where 100% of the population are 27/7 consumers?”
…we’ll add three hours to our day?
Bu seriously, I support what you are saying. This is why the entire consumer system needs to change, because in a world with no jobs it is by definition unsustainable.
Not if it's ends up a literal utopia where robots do all the work and all humans share equally in the benefits, and get to live their lives with a purpose other than toiling for N hours a week to earn M survival tokens, which is what we have today. Good luck coming up with the political will to actually implement that utopia, though.
> What will happen to democracy in a world where 100% of the population are 27/7 consumers?
What does the one have to do with the other?
But even then, currently plenty of people find their fun in creating - when it's not their job. And they struggle with finding the time for that. Sometimes the materials and training and machines for that also. Meanwhile a majority of current jobs involve zero personal creativity or making or creating. Driving or staffing a retail outlet or even most cooking jobs can't really be what you are looking for on your argument?
Is the road to post-scarcity more likely with or without robots?