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urmomaisjabbathehutt t1_jcplbd3 wrote

they started with call centres, then anchors, actors, singers, virtual sports, then virtual GPs, lawyers and judges, politicians....

real people being substituted by virtual people upon virtual people

soon they are going to have even virtual things to make it look even more real, bet even food like juicy steaks too!

where are they gonna get all the energy to run all that virtual er "network"?

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Honest_Performer2301 t1_jcp9iuo wrote

It's gonna be all about where you live in the future. I mean yea I guess still being fed propaganda sucks, but if all I have to do is bow to the ruler of China, and I can have all I could ever want and access to many utopia simulations (based off of what your country allows) then f it. Before the age of abundance you would have to bow either way, the only difference is you were living in terrible conditions. (Compared to those of the age of abundance)

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expel-the-jesuits t1_jcp4b88 wrote

And where will the money, to pay the 331.9 million people who live in our country, come from? Money comes from production (making products and selling them) and the government doesn't receive money to give away unless they take it from workers' paychecks and the income of businesses, through taxation, first. If basic income is $250 a month, that means workers and businesses will need to pay out an additional $82,975,000,000 in taxes per month to cover the cost. Large corporations, and the wealthy who own them, have the time, the connections, and the monetary resources to lobby for tax breaks. Add to this, the fact, that our politicians belong to the families who own those same corporations. This is also the same government we will have when we start paying for the new program. And, if they printed the money, it would only result in hyperinflation, collapsing our economy. So, who will they force to foot the bill?

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