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iNstein t1_iszsg4k wrote

Reply to comment by ArgentStonecutter in Since Humans Need Not Apply video there has not much been videos which supports CGP Grey's claim by RavenWolf1

The electricity costs nothing to create. It is generated using equipment that is created by automation and run by automation. The 'feedstocks' or raw materials are mined using automation or grown using automation. Basically you have to wrap your mind around the idea that literally everything will be automated. There will be a market, just not one that uses money in any way. If I want/need a new widget, I go online, order ut and it gets delivered to my door. I don't pay anything as it is not required for the system to work. Meanwhile, the rest of the system makes sure to make a replacement of that widget ready for the next person. Ownership will be by the government on behalf of the people. Private ownership will be unnecessary as people will have whatever they want anyway so ownership would just be a burden.

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ArgentStonecutter t1_it027zs wrote

I too want to live under fully automated luxury gay space communism, where the energy is generated and feedstocks are mined and goods are manufactured by replicating machines out there beyond the atmosphere where they don't have to deal with the fact that the whole Earth is already owned by somebody and none of those somebodies are ready to hand over their share of the pie to the state.

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InvisibleWrestler t1_it0894p wrote

Finally somebody actually talking about ownership of resources. People forget that every mine and every oil well and every piece of uranium and every agricultural field is owned by someone already.

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Rakshear t1_it021j5 wrote

You won’t even have to go to markets for most things, a 3d printer at home will (eventually) be able to make anything basic with raw materials, only copy right specific things will still need purchasing. But custom fit clothing, orthopedic shoes, basic jewelry of self designs generated from prompt art, some tools even, can all come from home based 3d printing. Even food one day, you won’t need to go to restaurants if you don’t want to, but a bag of brand name Goo and boop, French fries, chicken nuggets, whatever.

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ArgentStonecutter t1_it1i84b wrote

"Why does everything taste like chicken?" - the young doomed sidekick, The Matrix, 1999.

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