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Warren Stupidity

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4. We've lived without scarcity in the US for 70+ years.

Reply to Recursion (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 11, 2015, 06:21 AM

Jun 2015

And as soon as the commies stopped being a threat the ruling elites went to town. We now have artificially induced scarcity as they have pillaged the commons, raped the treasury, and "financialized" the entire planet.

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Here's the plan for all that surplus labor. Warren Stupidity Jun 2015 #1

It's people, not "labor". That's the mindset we need to break Recursion Jun 2015 #3

The post-labor world is coming Recursion Jun 2015 #2

We've lived without scarcity in the US for 70+ years. Warren Stupidity Jun 2015 #4

They'll have to tax corporations madville Jun 2015 #5

A social dividend like that seems like the simplest way to do it Recursion Jun 2015 #6