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chuckadams ◴[] No.43644704[source]
It certainly is liberating all our creative works from our possession...
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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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1. 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.