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by torlok 598 days ago
Hopefully we transition into a post-work society. Socialist countries will stick the landing, while the bottom of the American society plunges more into poverty. It's never too late to stop voting for people who despise you, and think that "temporary hardships" are necessary as they plan to cut government spending.
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Do you mean social-capitalist (welfare state) countries? There's almost no socialist countries nowadays, perhaps maybe North Korea and Cuba.

But yes, I share your vision for a post-scarcity society.

I would argue Saudi Arabia is the closest thing to a post-scarcity / socialist society we have to compare to. Something like 70% or citizens are employed by the state of Saudi Arabia (which obviously is funded by oil sales). All you have to do is swap out the migrants that do all the real labor for robots and you basically have a sneak peak at the future