some interesting points by all.
I was very much halfway asleep (if not sleep-typing) when I wrote this.
Has anybody seen the movie elysium? I'm maybe picturing something like that- that continued to evolve that way without matt damon there to save our asses. something like that could prevent a french revolution
I'm surprised to learn that the cut off for the global one percent is that low. 34 doesn't seem like much to live on from where I'm living. in fact I'm pretty sure it's somewhere near the poverty line in the U.S.
there has to be something unaccounted for, cost of living maybe/currency conversion? if that is accounted for in that math, then HOW IN THE LIVING FUCK does one live on 1.25 a day? I may have to make that a reddit AMA... although I'm not sure my heart can take it.
I'm dismayed to learn that I'm still not in the global one percent, even with the line being drawn that low. so hah! you thought I was some spoiled shit who doesn't know what he has didn't you?
maybe what I really meant was the top one percent of the one percent-- which works out to about 700,000 filthy rich people.
They would continue to make profit by being the ones selling the robots
to who? each other? that's going to be one hellaciously stagnant economy.
if every job is replaced for robots, then the robots could work for the oter 99% too?
And there still will be jobs not replacable by robots, like arts and services
robots cost money. this is not star trek, we have not developed replication technology (although if we could, that would be the great equalizer).
Why are you scared of automation? In the future money (including Bitcoin) will have no value and the few jobs that need humans will be done by voluntarism. Think about it, if now, in a society based on the scam, the greed and being exploited, there are a lot of people volunteering, in an advanced society where you really contribute directly to said society (unlike the current 99% of garbage jobs) you would be seen as an hero, instead of seeing as heros idiots that inherit a lot of money or win the lottery.
yea, except i don't really see it playing out that way. When jobs go the way of the dinosaur bullshit if rich people are gonna share the resources. I do not buy that. unless replicators get invented. I'm not scared of automation. I'm scared of my progeny living like some people apparently live now.
The 1% will still need us. who will serve them drinks and stuff like that.
Do you really worry about this kind of thing ?
I am all for conspiracies and usually believe a lot of them, but some are just a tad crazy.
I kinda do a little actually. It doesn't ruin my existence, but I feel like it's something worth worrying about. I'm actually thinking about trying to write a short story somehow involving this.
1% only have strength when the military follows their orders, and military is not typically composed of 1%ers. When the shit hits the fan (or rather IF), then it would be robot vs military. Hmm, T2.
Brilliant! May I use that in said story?
Also, according to what I'm reading, the military IS composed of one percenters globally speaking. However, for the purposes of this post, I've changed it to 0.01% So that remains a valid point.
If the situation was this problematic, surely a revolution would happen. No police would want to work for the 1% if even themselves are starving.
Plus, the 1% would not have much power if the other 99% are low-life slaves; they need a strong society in order to have the power they crave.
or high technology, like in elysium.
thought provoking shit, guys. thanks for participating.
