Why do so many people from every political angle talk like we're on the path to destruction?

[Circe]

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Tell me..as a speculation..what happens to the Capitalistic model in a post-scarcity world? What happens to the Social Democratic model in the same world?

If you didn't have to work..unless you wanted to..what would you do? Can Technology give us post-scarcity? Would our true leaders allow it?

The Culture novels by Iain M. Banks are the best working out I've seen of the concept of post-scarcity. There are ten, IIRC; I did a reread this past couple years and am two from the end.

 

[Circe]

Has anyone ever told you that you're a ray of pure sunshine?

Nah, I didn't think so.

Okay, that might have been the teensiest bit negative.