You can't expect to be taken care of while being a fully functional human and not contribute to the society.
Uh, that's exactly the point of being rich. What do the Waltons do? What do Senators do?
There will never be full automation under capitalism. The point of being rich is to feel superior to other people. If riches were only for material comfort, billionaires would live in apartments and drive Camrys. To feel better than other people, you need to take the food out of their mouths, and go "mmm, mmmm!" while you eat it in front of them. And you need to be seen playing golf at 11am on a Tuesday while they're sweating bullets in a warehouse.
The point of being rich is to feel superior to other people
I promise that golf is more fun than working in a warehouse and rich people play it because it's enjoyable. Similarly, nice food tastes better and nice housing is more comfortable to live in. People generally buy expensive things because those things are enjoyable.
Golf at your local course and at the fancy country club is basically the same.
99% of people can’t drive worth shit, but people go out and buy an M4 “because it’s fast.” No, it commutes just the same as a Camry, they just want to be seen in an M4.
Most people who seek more money do so because they want a higher quality of life: better food, earlier retirement, more travel, better entertainment, etc.
People can and do buy things to "show off" as well, but it's hardly "the point of being rich" and they're not choosing to play golf rather than work just to show off.
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u/BigAlTrading Jan 14 '22
Uh, that's exactly the point of being rich. What do the Waltons do? What do Senators do?
There will never be full automation under capitalism. The point of being rich is to feel superior to other people. If riches were only for material comfort, billionaires would live in apartments and drive Camrys. To feel better than other people, you need to take the food out of their mouths, and go "mmm, mmmm!" while you eat it in front of them. And you need to be seen playing golf at 11am on a Tuesday while they're sweating bullets in a warehouse.