Fully Automated Luxury Communism (Page 1/9)
Zeb MAR 29, 09:37 PM
Yeah, right. Let me know how that works out for you.

https://antoniomelonio-cosm...ut-work-8af514e5106b


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Can you imagine a world where nobody has to work? A world in which people are free — really free, to pursue their hobbies and their interests. A world in which people don’t have to decide between watching their children grow up and working to provide for them. A world without poverty and the pressure to earn money. A world without bullshit jobs that have no use and purpose whatsoever. This vision, this utopia, is called fully automated luxury communism.
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But, according to Aaron Bastani, automation is not a threat, it is an opportunity. In 2019, the British journalist and author released a manifesto titled Fully Automated Luxury Communism. In it, he develops a utopian vision of a society in which machines generate our wealth and people can devote themselves to their passions, hobbies, and families.
According to Bastani’s vision, technological advancements will eliminate shortages and the need for people to work. Everyone will live in luxury and spend their time as they please. Everyone, regardless of socioeconomic status, will have equal access to education, health care, and information. Thousands of years of human progress should finally result in greater happiness and freedom. This time not just for the rich, but for everybody. Nobody who lives in poverty is truly free.



Maybe I'm just cynical. Maybe I'm just too old to get it.
Hudini MAR 29, 09:42 PM
Somebody should tell the people in charge here they won't be needed anymore. They might not like it.
rinselberg MAR 29, 09:48 PM
Maybe you were just born too soon in history to be part of this... but yes, it does come across as "not yet ready for prime time" and "still needs some work." All I did, though, was scroll quickly through that one article that you posted.

What if the right kind of technology to bring this into at least the realm of possibility is what actually lies ahead? Are you against it on principle? That it shouldn't happen, even if there were the technical foundations for creating a human society that could theoretically function in this way?

I'm thinking "nanobots". The new "plastics."
Hudini MAR 29, 10:02 PM
What happens if everything is free? The earth's population would explode. The climate change advocates would have a meltdown.
williegoat MAR 29, 10:19 PM
olejoedad MAR 29, 10:36 PM
Star Trek

Terminator

Silent Running
randye MAR 29, 10:43 PM
174 YEARS of the history of Communism that has been tried and FAILED EVERY TIME, hundreds of times, in hundreds of places, clearly shows that there is no such thing as "Luxury Communism"

There is only ever poverty, despair and oppression, accompanied by the claim later on: "We'll get it right next time."

The LAZY LEFT has always been consumed by their fantasies of a Utopia where everything is free and it all started with that penniless bum and freeloader Karl Marx.

[This message has been edited by randye (edited 03-29-2022).]

olejoedad MAR 29, 10:49 PM
What's the old saw about idle hands?
rinselberg MAR 30, 12:07 AM

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Originally posted by Hudini:
What happens if everything is free? The earth's population would explode. The climate change advocates would have a meltdown.


"Everything" includes sex ed, contraception and likely some allowance for abortions. People wouldn't have to think of having children on the premise that their children could support them as they age out of their working years. People wouldn't have any reason to think that way, if everything were free.

I don't think there's a straight line to be drawn from a "free ride for everyone" to "human population explosion."

"Nanobots", possibly the technical foundation of an entirely new way of supporting human life.

Just speculating...
Hudini MAR 30, 07:01 AM
Imagine telling 1.3 billion Chinese that, or 1.7 billion Indians. If you were 21 years old and didn't have to work and didn't have to worry about anything, you really think you would slow down to consider birth control? You are living in the fantasy land that's one step beyond the luxury commieland.