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We live in a post information scarcity society and we still haven't moved on from capitalism. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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Edit: Changed title to be more accurate.

Also here is the summary from Wikipedia on what Post-scarcity means:

Post-scarcity is a theoretical economic situation in which most goods can be produced in great abundance with minimal human labor needed, so that they become available to all very cheaply or even freely. Post-scarcity does not mean that scarcity has been eliminated for all goods and services but that all people can easily have their basic survival needs met along with some significant proportion of their desires for goods and services. Writers on the topic often emphasize that some commodities will remain scarce in a post-scarcity society.

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[–] PopOfAfrica 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Even Socialism seems transitory to me. Much better than Capitalism, but once labor can be more broadly automated, we need to think of something other than money quickly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Communism is just that, same with Anarchism (though Anarcho-Communism skips Socialism). You're correct, but that is for after Socialism.

[–] PopOfAfrica 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Shhhhh, im trying to lead them to that conclusion without the big scary C word.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Haha, I gotchu.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

As capitalism itself has demonstrated, people and money can operate just fine when others are doing the work.