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It occurs to me that I’d argue we’re heading towards a forced scarcity society rather than post scarcity. That’s the only way they can make sure we don’t get a Star Trek type future if/when we figure out fusion power. Hell, we’ve already basically been able to feed everyone for ages.

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vateso5074@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Artificial scarcity is definitely nothing new. Look at the diamond industry, for example. Diamonds are common as hell, but they regulate the supply so severely in order to sell these cheap chunks of carbon for thousands of dollars.

If there’s no competition in a market willing to race others to the bottom in terms of price, there’s no incentive to actually produce a reasonable amount of something people want. You can just withold supply and charge way more.

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- hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Or just the fact that grocery stores throw away thousands of tons of perfectly edible food every day while there are people dying of malnutrition. They aren’t starving, they are being starved.
  
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- brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  Diamonds
  
  So we need cultured post-scarcity, the lab-grown stuff
  
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ganymede@lemmy.ml ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

forced vs post scarcity

tbh i’m happy with most stances which at least acknowledges the tension between these two facets.

anyway my point was, imo the “there’s too many humans” propaganda is part of forced scarcity lobby. there’s perhaps too many humans to live as wastefully as we are, so why wouldn’t reducing waste be our #1-3 top priorities?

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