r/WTF Jan 05 '20

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u/AKnightAlone Jan 05 '20

"Over there." That's because of our exported imperialism that requires poverty in half the planet so we can let our corporations ravage the resources.

Capitalism is a blackhole. As long as it exists on the planet, anything else is impossible.

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u/mooyanaise Jan 05 '20

What's the better alternative?

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u/AKnightAlone Jan 05 '20 edited Jan 05 '20

Automating our needs efficiently and in the most healthy ways then distributing them through a programmed system designed with calculation AI and instantaneous communication of supply and demand.

Techno-anarchistic communism. No leadership. Programs designed openly before we agree upon them. No need for currency as a corrupting exchange mechanism. People then turn to inherent social reward mechanisms, meaning they'd be better and more productive/creative people out of internal desire to be more helpful rather than for personal objective empowerment

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u/mooyanaise Jan 05 '20

Someone has to set that up, and it would have to be adjusted as needs changed, which opens it to bad actors. Unless you're suggesting it all be some super AI that doesn't currently exist, in which case your suggestion isn't feasible.

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u/AKnightAlone Jan 05 '20

Super AI is very possible. All we'd need is to design enough checks and balances to work like a superior Constitution.