Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agowhen robots have all the jobs, who's gonna buy all the stuff?message-squaremessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down17
arrow-up1238arrow-down1message-squarewhen robots have all the jobs, who's gonna buy all the stuff?Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square134fedilink
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoTheoretically if robots make everything, everything is free.
minus-squarefleton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoAutomate the work no one wants to do and we can all grow and explore our own interests. Star Trek here we come! Don’t chase money chase betterment of oneself and society. Sadly we will destroy ourselves way before it happens.
minus-squareKapirotto@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoOnce robots can do all the work for the rich, why would they bother to give anything to the poor?
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoBecause robots would build more robots making robots worthless
minus-square46_and_2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months agoThis doesn’t answer their question at all.
Theoretically if robots make everything, everything is free.
Automate the work no one wants to do and we can all grow and explore our own interests. Star Trek here we come! Don’t chase money chase betterment of oneself and society. Sadly we will destroy ourselves way before it happens.
Once robots can do all the work for the rich, why would they bother to give anything to the poor?
Because robots would build more robots making robots worthless
This doesn’t answer their question at all.
Not in a capitalist economy.