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I don't understand, if humans aren't needed for labor, teaching, or arts, then the humans can't make money and spend money. And can't eat. Won't reproduce.
So who will the billionaires and corporations sell stuff to? Each other?
Will the Epstein class just abuse and eat the humans?
They own more wealth than everyone else, so they don't need anyone else. I don't think people realize just how much money the top 1% has. The top 1% has more wealth than the bottom 90% combined. They don't need us anymore. They can sustain themselves on just selling to eachother.
Basically.
The billionaires and soon trillionaires will build their own kingdoms with the loyalist and the sycophants around them. They will tear the world apart and we will end up with a larger scale version of the fiefdoms of the past.
How many TVs can they sell to each other? How many cars? How many airline flights and vacations? They may have the money but can never be the market
There is no difference to the bottom line of selling 1,000 tvs at $100 and 10 tvs at $10,000.
I read a blog that said that this is the reason that some off the 1% are in favor of Universal Basic Income (UBI). If 99% of the workimg class are laid off and given government UBI checks (just enough to stay alive) that they can spend for the things they need,then that is as close to companiws being given government checks just because. After that, it becomes who can build the biggest company to take all of the money.