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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know we took a wrong turn as a society when not having to work is seen as a devastating crisis. Let the robots serve us and start enjoying life!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, we still have to pay for things. No work = no money = no food or housing

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Says who?

There's nothing stoping us from restructuring the system such that we don't need money/work to live a comfortable life.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That would be nice. But governments aren’t so hype on UBI yet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Nor all the fat cats with billions of dollars.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So eat them. We elect them, and we outnumber the elite that would oppose this.