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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Guy: And I wish for all world poverty to be eradicated by the year 2050

Genie: Done

Guy: Seriously? Everyone will have enough? In 25 years?

Genie: In 25 years, every living human will have as much as they desire. All their needs will be met; they will want for nothing.

Guy: Why did you say it like that?

Guy: Wait hold up why did you say it like that?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

That's a very short horror story.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why are we resigned to there being a trillionaire in the future when it hasn't happened yet? There is time to stop it from happening. We can just kill them.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Here's my prediction: the billionnaires and trillionnaires will have their heads on a spike within 30 years - but not before they've utterly fucked up the rest of society on their insane quest to approach infinite inequality levels.

[–] moistclump 1 points 8 months ago

FUBAR. Sigh. This sucks.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Optimistic that poverty will end

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Poverty is a feature of capitalism, you can't end poverty without ending capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I bet we end capitalism before 229 years... Because if we don't, we'll end humanity.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

poverty won't be eradicated for another 229 years

could be much sooner if we eradicate billionaires and would be trillionaires.. ¯\(ツ)

[–] Sanctus 16 points 8 months ago

Because nobody with the ability is seriously trying to eradicate poverty. People are trying hard to become a trillionaire.

[–] TheDoozer 11 points 8 months ago

Time for another game of.....

CORRELATION!!!

OR!!!

CAUSATION!!!

(it's causation)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Bold to imagine Capitalism can last another 229 years without either destroying the planet or collapsing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Better be the first head on a pike

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The world’s first trillionaire better live on that yacht off the grid. Pretty sure they’re going to be the first to get the guillotine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If that yacht isn't sunk by orcas, and if it isn't an actual submarine, it'll be some kind of orbiting satellite. But wherever they are, bunkers can only last so long before more supplies are needed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Surely the trillionaire could fix it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Does ending poverty just mean finally having nobody who doesn't produce a product for capitalism to sell and get paid in Ameri-bucks for? Cause I don't see see how adding more trillionaires would do anything to help poverty and just exasperate it.