There wouldn’t be enough rich people to buy all the excess that gets produced. Even if you’re a trillionaire there’s only so many phones/cars/shoes/watches etc. that you want to buy.
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acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
rich people. they won’t need us anymore.
- Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 year ago- acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 year ago- There wouldn’t be enough rich people to buy all the excess that gets produced. - why would there need to be excess? they simply reduce production. - Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 year ago- You don’t get rich by producing and selling 2000 iPhones - acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 year ago- they don’t need to “become” rich. they ARE rich already, and when we are gone it’ll be a totally different world economy. It’ll be a billionaire utopia where money has essentially no meaning anymore. 
 
 
 
CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The Eloi will still require a handful of Morlocks to oversee the drone workers