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Re:Replacement.ai by Windchaser on Monday October 20, 2025 @12:40AM (#45640220)
Oh, nah, we're definitely not post-scarcity. If the whole world's population used resources at the rate that the US population does, we'd need 4.9 Earths.

So: getting the whole world up to US standards of living is going to take a lot of changes to lifestyle or technological advances. Both of these are scarcity issues.

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Re:Replacement.ai by bratwurst3000 on Monday October 20, 2025 @04:42AM (#45641388)
i think we are post scarcity in the sense of there is enough food, medical supplys, housing and smartphones for the whole world but 90% of the resources go to the "west" or are burned at place
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Re:Replacement.ai by insane_dreamer on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @01:14AM (#45652672)
> If the whole world's population used resources at the rate that the US population does

Why would the US's wasteful use of resources be the benchmark for "sufficiency"?

There's enough food to feed the world, and enough raw materials to produce the things we need. The problem is not scarcity of resources, it's distribution of resources.

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