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Ultimately, we will have to end capitalism as we know it and establish some form of UBI - for the mere reason that the bigwigs have no-one to sell things to when everyone is out of a job and there is no money. Which would give rise to a secondary economy, which is not ai-replaceable: actual artistic expression, pottery, woodworking, ... - what people like to do, not what people are forced to do out of economic necessities.

It's that, or French Revolution 2.0 and Ludditism, and everyone becomes a slave again. I hope that we have learned from the mistakes of the past.



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