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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Money is not going to exist in the future" so 'no reason to tax us' I think Musk means to say.
1) Build robots
— Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) 2025-11-19T20:56:58.161Z
2) ???
3) Money no longer exists
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"Money is not going to exist in the future" so 'no reason to tax us' I think Musk means to say. (Original Post)
applegrove
Nov 2025
OP
That cuts both ways. If money won't exist in the future, then his objections to being
RockRaven
Nov 2025
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CentralMass
(16,971 posts)1. He would make a good Bond villian.
RockRaven
(19,365 posts)2. That cuts both ways. If money won't exist in the future, then his objections to being
taxed today are moot. He can pay it all in taxes right now; he won't have any use for it later so it makes no difference, right?
applegrove
(132,207 posts)3. Good idea.
Maru Kitteh
(31,759 posts)4. That seems fair.
Good plan.
Intractable
(2,103 posts)5. Money won't exist because he plans to take it all.
DFW
(60,182 posts)6. In fifty years, Elon Musk won't exist, either.
Does that mean we might as well put him on the next one-way rocket to Mars as advance preparation?
no_hypocrisy
(54,904 posts)7. No money, no commerce.
You can't have economies running on credit alone. And forget barter.