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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Actually, now that I think about it, has there even been a piece of media showing a utopia as capitalist? All the genuine utopias I can think of are usually at least socialist leaning. I say genuine cause there's also a huge number of works about "utopias" where the whole plot is about how the society isn't actually a utopia.

[–] TurretCorruption 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think the closest we might would be a mixed economy utopia, where capitalism co-exists with things like workers rights and whatnot. Its probably difficult to write a believeable capalist utopia because it requires that the people at the top are all saints.

Although, with the advances in AI, maybe someone could write a story about some megacorp AI meeting everybody's needs. It might be an interesting writing experiment.

[–] baronvonj 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Although, with the advances in AI, maybe someone could write a story about some megacorp AI meeting everybody’s needs. It might be an interesting writing experiment.

You mean like iRobot?

[–] TurretCorruption 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbh I haven't read it. I instead saw the will smith movie that has almost nothing to do with the book.

[–] baronvonj 1 points 1 year ago

I was actually talking about the movie! Featuring an AI that comes up with a plan for "meeting everybody's needs." ;)

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