• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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        We only know that humpback whales go extinct. The rest of the whales could be doing fine in the 23rd century.

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      People always forget that Star Trek is post-apocalyptic in addition to being utopian.

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      And only embraced space communism when they invented (got access to? I’m not a Trekkie) a device that can literally make anything from anything, resulting in a post scarcity society and no need for work.

      And time travelers who fought off time traveling space cyborgs to protect them.

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          Which is why I’d like fully automated luxury gay space communism. We can’t be trusted to govern ourselves, take me to The Culture now please.

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            I, Robot did it first.

            Man straight up said “robots would make the best leaders because they can be made to be honest, rational, and selfless,” and people just remember the stories about the malfunctions.

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          Joining an already-existing galactic civilization also results in a post-scarcity world, especially after the depopulation of the planet, but yes I already confessed I am not a Trekkie.

          Regardless, communism, like Star Trek, is a fun fancy that won’t ever happen.

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            People that are blindly anti-capitalism and pro something else (usually social/communism) tend to justify their feelings by saying that all of human weakness (greed, corruption, laziness) are the fault of capitalism.

            People that are blindly pro-capitalism tend to blame all the failures of capitalism on regulation.

            Really, all the failures of all our systems seem to be that humans are greedy, selfish creatures. And regulation is the (only?) thing that governs human weaknesses.

            MAYBE, if we manage to generate a post-scarcity world, we’ll be able to manage that greed problem. I definitely experience feelings of kindness and generosity with my friends, family, or in times/places where I’m not stressed/rushed/feeling scarcity.

            But I don’t know how pathetic, greedy humans ever generate a post scarcity world.

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              People that are blindly pro-capitalism tend to blame all the failures of capitalism on regulation.

              I’m “blindly pro-capitalism” and I blame it on perverse incentives and unaddressed externalities.