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joshcryer

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17. Still waiting for a sewing bot to come online.

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #16)

Mon Apr 5, 2021, 06:44 PM

Apr 2021

The most known one is vaporware (LOWRY), can't do crap. A proper sewbot would change textiles forever and be a billion dollar industry. But it's an extremely hard problem. Other stuff like food is viable *today* with government investment, couple of tens of billions and you feed everyone with robots. No capitalist investor would even dare touch and and it's not in the governments interest to produce food at the scales that the industrial vertical farms can produce.

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Why food, shelter and clothing should be for free!!! [View all] DTRV Apr 2021 OP

and he will pay for all of it out his own pocket. ok nt msongs Apr 2021 #1

Weclome to DU. SoonerPride Apr 2021 #2

Pretty obvious, imo. n/t demmiblue Apr 2021 #10

And you think that would work in the real world? Binkie The Clown Apr 2021 #3

I'm thinking the idea is it would happen via taxes and charity ... Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #7

Pie in the sky. Binkie The Clown Apr 2021 #11

I didn't say it SHOULD happen, I'm saying it's totally possible. Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #12

Too nice for free stuff. sir pball Apr 2021 #23

If this was the system, people here would be ranting about the nice homes the wealthier people had.. brooklynite Apr 2021 #33

Rice and beans is already low-fat and vegan! sir pball Apr 2021 #35

So the military then? Revanchist Apr 2021 #37

Robots. joshcryer Apr 2021 #15

Yup. That's why I said "some day". nt Binkie The Clown Apr 2021 #16

Still waiting for a sewing bot to come online. joshcryer Apr 2021 #17

Most people want to work, to contribute to a family or community. hunter Apr 2021 #30

I agree most people want to work but.. DTRV Apr 2021 #36

Don't totally disagree, but suggest we get healthcare first before piling on with more stuff that Hoyt Apr 2021 #4

Comrade, is now your new free clothes! Is next, daywear. Very nice. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 #5

I remember that ad. Just brilliant satire... comradebillyboy Apr 2021 #6

Before Covid, I got lots of very low cost clothes CozyMystery Apr 2021 #8

UBI is simpler imho eShirl Apr 2021 #9

The problem with ubi DTRV Apr 2021 #13

So if you and I were tasked with the UBI roll out, how would we iron out the problems you cite? Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #28

MAY fail to adjust with inflation? The ideological composition of Hortensis Apr 2021 #29

What will you be contributing? NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 #14

So...nutriloaf? brooklynite Apr 2021 #18

Welkome Komrade DenaliDemocrat Apr 2021 #19

Some very basic things. Yes. alphafemale Apr 2021 #20

Yes in this paradigm people would contribute to society at their level of ability. Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #25

To be clear, are you being serious or sarcastic? TomSlick Apr 2021 #21

Soylent Green? NickB79 Apr 2021 #22

Have you tried the new trail mix flavor? Bucky Apr 2021 #27

Why eat that factory processed crap when you can hunt your own? hunter Apr 2021 #32

You are correct in your thinking. At some point most jobs will be automated. Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #24

For people who need and can't buy these things, sure. But there are charities already Bucky Apr 2021 #26

What does it say that no Government in the world does this? brooklynite Apr 2021 #31

Democrats have said healthcare is a human right for decades. betsuni Apr 2021 #34