BookMonkeyDude
BookMonkeyDude t1_je5pd0x wrote
Reply to Is capitalism REALLY going to disappear? by Phoenix5869
>Companies will still sell products, bills will still have to be paid, money will still have to be exchanged (for example, for robotaxis)
Why? Further, how? You just said 'no one is working', so who is going to be buying these products? Do you feel that people will still be able to acquire new products without being paid for labor? If 'bills need to be paid', fine, paid by whom? If money exists as a means of exchange then surely that money/value must be created, how? Do you feel as though innovation would simply cease if people stopped being paid for it? The question game can go both ways and I don't see how any answers you'd be able to provide would be any less disastrous than an attempt to transition away from a growth/capitalist economic paradigm. Your failure of imagination doesn't change the underlying fatal flaws building in capitalism, namely AGI, environmental degradation, a post-fossil fuel energy economy and a globally shrinking population.
BookMonkeyDude t1_j9otgsh wrote
Reply to Spiral-welding machine lets engineers build wind turbine towers twice as tall and 10 times faster by Surur
Finally, we can build colossal paper towel dispensers.
BookMonkeyDude t1_je5qoc7 wrote
Reply to comment by Phoenix5869 in Is capitalism REALLY going to disappear? by Phoenix5869
Food has also never been cheaper in human history AND a very sizeable percentage of the world do *not* pay for it.. they are fed through pricing supports, direct subsidy and food aid. That's reality, right now.