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OsakaWilson t1_jdqcu3k wrote

Reply to comment by EthanPrisonMike in What do you want to happen to humans? by Y3VkZGxl

Capitalism will no longer function to distribute wealth throughout society. Whatever emerges in it's vacuum will look more like socialism than anything else. We won't need to code it, it will be the socio-economic system that is compatible with the technology. The only alternative to varieties of socialism will be absolute Totalitarianism.

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EthanPrisonMike t1_jdrg4v0 wrote

Well considering the almost feudal underpinnings of capitalisms current cycle I don't see this happening organically. Especially if all that's needed to automatically poison the informational well is training an AI on some Stan accounts.

I'm more interested in programming that empowers and increases the utility of individual citizens to police the system themselves. Imagine each US citizen with the ability to organize like Obama ? Lobby like McConnell ? Raise Awareness like Sanders ?

That's the only hope imo

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IgorTheAwesome t1_jdtgj8i wrote

Not false, countless other monumental changes have happened in the past, and even if this is a particularly hard obstacle, I believe we are now - as a whole - particularly more competent at overcoming obstacles.

The opportunity of a better future should be what propels us.

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