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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] stormesp@lemm.ee 39 points 3 days ago (2 children)

A boring distopia is already even a single person having more than a single billion.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yup, there was that post a while back, like you reach a billion, you get a plaque that says "congrats you won capitalism" and then they start at 0 again

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not even a billion, as soon as you're in 8 figures you have more than a reasonable person can spend in a lifetime. Cap it at 50 million, every cent more goes towards public infrastructure and welfare

Or we could do away with capitalism entirely. Just saying

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Capitalism does have some uses, like which TV you want to buy, but it needs to be heavily regulated.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

People can still make TVs without capitalism...

[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The fact that we live under capitalism today? People can grow crops without feudalism as well, but it's not up to the individual serfs to decide if they want farm for themselves and their community, or for their liege lord. But the very same factories that produce consumer goods with a profit incentive today, can do the same for the benefit of the people tomorrow.

[–] deafboy@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

very same factories that produce consumer goods with a profit incentive today, can do the same for the benefit of the people tomorrow.

Yes. Until everyone ends up in poverty, because over time, nobody knows what to make and how much. The longer the supply chain the stronger the effect will be.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

No need to sign your posts, we can already see the username.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Sure, but what I am saying is it could fit in there.

[–] stormesp@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

For real, like Prestige in Call of Duty

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

I think we need to return to some of the old Pagan practices, like if you became King, you were sacrificed to the gods exactly 1 year later, and a new King took power. I propose that once you hit 1 billion, you are sacrificed to Mammon, to go live with him in the Great Bank In The Sky.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

It's inherently antisocial. You no longer have to play by the social contract with that kind of wealth/power.

It's a grave failure with our economic system that billionaires have been permitted to come about