Message from @The Yellow King
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I go out of my way to avoid automatic sales stations in meat space
This is why redistribution doesn't work.
Or we tax them
I worked retail and know what our is like
If you give everyone basic income, that becomes the new poor who can't afford to live.
and besides, you are kina missing the point. Robots aren't competing with humans, here in the US, they are competing with slave labor over seas.
My point is I see it as directly comparable to the current trade debate
we don't
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You've not sufficiently argued that case
Robots are competing with humans
And will increasingly compete with humans
they don't compete, humans can't keep up they can't compete
Exactly
That's my point
Humans don't compete with robots, we make robots to do things we don't want to do.
So tax them for thier excess production
So, if you are against slavery, you have to be pro-robot
Robots will lower the costs
since you no logner need the labor payment
so instead of having to tax them to keep up with prices
just have the prices lowered
But then wealth will flow unrestrained to those who own the robots.
Why?
yeah, in just as small a portion
And we end up with even more inequality that the populace is already restive over
if i can buy a car for 100 dollars due to incredibly low costs,
the rich guy gets 100 dollars
If no one had wealth to give them anymore, how does it flow to them?
instead of like 80.000
It needs to flow from them back down.
Or they stop getting any, and they stop buying from other people
yeah, though just the normal progressive tax
Again that is post scarcity
you don't have to tax them more cuz people don't need that much to stay around
Again, are Americans willing to let a fraction of 1% of the population have greater than 80% of all wealth?
Post scarcity is once the robots can replace themselves, removing all need for labor
Once humans are no longer needed for labor you have post scarcity
They can
Yes, they are willing to
Then why did they vote in Trump?