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by ryandrake 3557 days ago
The people who went from being filthy rich to insanely rich from making all of those jobs unnecessary? Assuming we maintain our democratic system and people vote in their best interests (I know, big assumptions), then there WILL eventually be a political solution if we continue down the road we're on.
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And it's called Communism. Marx is right in this general sense.

Now we'll see what happens when the consumer base is decimated too. Capitalist might have all of the infrastructure but no one can buy.

The problem with stealing other people's stuff and redistributing it is you eventually run out of people that have stuff to steal.
Having the fruits of our economy distributed equitably is a problem? Keep in mind, I was talking about a future where robots and machines have taken over doing virtually everything we pay people to do now.
Show me the society that ran out of rich people because of taxes.