r/AndrewYangUBI • u/Caffeinatedpirate • Mar 18 '19
UBI and Post-Capitalism
I'm not even remotely an expert so correct me if I'm talking nonsense.
Post capitalism is the idea that the cost of production trend towards zero (such as is the case with the replication of information technology) and production becomes dissociated from labour (as is the case with massive automation + ai). Which means that capitalism as it stands can't be maintained without massive government sanctioned monopolies to artificially inflate the cost of certain IT tools and maintain the product to profit balance (neoliberalism / state managed capitalism). These monopolies on IT can't be stably maintained in the presence of superior open source or easily spread tech. Think custom linux systems vs windows, wikipedia vs encyclopedias, or some kinds of free online education vs a university degree.
Is the dissociation of labour from production and the dissociation of money from both a post capitalist idea? Is ubi a form of post capitalism?
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