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0 pointsfeoren1y ago0 comments

I too worry about a future where the rich no longer have any need for the poor. I think the scenario where the rich end up just giving the poor a bit of money each month is an extremely optimistic one. Much more realistic is a slow genocide, where the poor simply die en masse in the streets due to having no homes, food, and healthcare, while such homelessness becomes both increasingly more unavoidable and more illegal.

And before talk about violent uprisings and guillotines: surveillance and law enforcement are also becoming increasingly more powerful and automated. The French Revolution might have turned out differently if the Bourgeoisie had cameras on every street corner and AI-powered murder drones.

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codedokode1y ago

Aren't you too pessimistic? 1 kg of rice costs somewhere around $2 here and you won't eat it in a day. So with $20-30 you can have a month worth amount of rice. You don't need thousands of dollars to survive.

And giving everyone $30 every month won't break even developing country economy.

DrFalkyn1y ago

1 kg of rice has 1300 calories. Not enough for most adults. And not very appetizing if that’s all you eat

feorenOP1y ago

How are you cooking that rice? With rainwater collected from gutters over a trash can fire? Both of which are illegal, by the way.

How are you preventing others from stealing your rice? Where are you eating it? Where are you sleeping at night?

Yes, of course you need thousands of dollars to survive. The problem is rent, not food.

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