JRPGfan said:
What do you think is more likely... A) future where wealth is redistributed, so that these machines that do the work, means everyone on the planet gets all they need. B) future where a few companys own all the wealth, machines do all work, but they have almost no one to sell their stuff too. Money losses value, and we revert back to trade X for Y ect (where only companys can really trade one another). The humans that arnt part of that elite group, will have to learn to live off of the land/sea. |
You literally answered the question in your alternatives. With alternative B), everyone loses, including the richest. Producing stuff doesn't mean anything when 99.99% of the population isn't inside the market. Even the richest are better served with everyone affording to buy the goods that are being produced, so a future where wealth is redistributed, perhaps by UBI (Universal Basic Income) is inevitable.
