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Have you forgotten the context of the conversation? (Reminder: "in my mind 'basic' doesn't translate to quitting your job and not working")

If you think that full employment is the barrier we're facing to society A then you're living in a logical wasteland.


In my mind, society C is the basic standard. Anything less is living in a late-stage capitalistic dystopia that is inherently anti-human. All progress depends on the unreasonable man. And I am more unreasonable than everyone.


I'll take that as a 'yes' then.

It's not that utopian to want a society where people aren't made homeless if they don't work. Finland did it - it worked great. It wasn't even that hard.

Also in a society where just eight people own as much as 4 billion. Maybe making 'jokes' denying that we're in late stage capitalism is an odd choice? Like, yeah, we're headed for destruction.. It's funny the way Ralph Wiggum's "I'm in danger" line is funny.


Finland is a nightmare dystopia. I've been there and they have no nanobots.


If you're going to try this hard to be flippant on a serious topic, you could at least be funny. Otherwise you're just making noise.




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