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Re:Replacement.ai by rpcope1 on Sunday October 19, 2025 @02:59PM (#45636903)
> This is not a zero sum game. For an economy to exist we need consumers.

I think that's really unimaginative and not thinking about it right. If you control the basic resources and own the tools needed to convert those into whatever you want, why does the "economy" even matter? If you can get anything you want without needing anything from the other 95% of people, having "consumers" in the sense you're thinking doesn't matter any more.

Re:Replacement.ai by EasyMark on Sunday October 19, 2025 @03:25PM (#45637121)
I think your percentage might be off by a decimal, make it 0.5% and broligarchs. Maybe that's why they've gone crazy with spending trillions in the AI bubble, trying to position themselves as far up the chain as possible. 99.5% of humans will be wasted resource sinks to them and seen as "unnecessary"
Re:Replacement.ai by YZF on Sunday October 19, 2025 @05:52PM (#45638370)
There have always been some people powerful or rich enough to control the resources and tools needed for whatever they want yet the equilibrium has never been what you describe.