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chuckadams ◴[] No.43644704[source]
It certainly is liberating all our creative works from our possession...
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1. justonceokay ◴[] No.43644838[source]
If we are headed to a star-trek future of luxury communism, there will definitely be growing pains as the things we value become valueless within our current economic system. Even though the book itself is so-so IMO, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom provides a look at a future economy where there is an infinite supply of physical goods so the only economy is that of reputation. People compete for recognition instead of money.

This is all theoretical, I don’t know if I believe that we as humans can overcome our desire to hoard and fight over our possessions.

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2. robertlagrant ◴[] No.43644941[source]
You're saying something exactly backwards from reality. Star Trek is communism (except it's not) because there's no scarcity. It's not selfishness that's the problem. It's the ever-increasing number of things invented inside capitalism we deem essential once invented.
3. Detrytus ◴[] No.43647298[source]
I always say this: we are headed to a star-trek future, but we will not be the Federation, we will become Borg. Between social media platforms, smartphones and "wokeness" the inevitable result is that everybody will be forced into compliance, no originality or divergent thinking will be tolerated.
4. lannisterstark ◴[] No.43651611[source]
>star-trek future of luxury communism,

Banks' Culture Communism/Anarchism > Star Trek, any day imho.