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rogerrogerrtoday at 12:45 AM3 repliesview on HN

If I’m one of the six people who ends up with all the money and controlling all the robots, why do I want your 3 bed 2 bath house in Tennessee? Trying to take it from you will only make you riot.

It’s not exactly a bright outlook, but I do think we in the west are likely to be not-worse, on average, than we are now.

Of course, your average HN denizen is much better off than average. I think there’s room for our standard of living to fall precipitously.


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8notetoday at 5:32 AM

so you can tear it down?

them rioting is a benefit, so you can justify sending in occupation forces to get rid of some

this is well practiced stuff in the west bank

whatever1today at 12:57 AM

You will need electricity, water you will be producing waste etc. in your Tennessee house. Why would someone who owns all of the power and resources share with you?

Really I don’t see any playable alternative other than near complete annihilation of human race. It’s very similar to a nuclear apocalypse. Very few get to survive.

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oh_my_goodnesstoday at 1:02 AM

Bruh. This has nothing to do with like Elon coming and taking the house away. This is just plain old reality.

Without income or savings, people can't afford houses. How would they pay the property taxes? Can't maintain the house. The house gets repossessed or sold for taxes. This happens all the time. Nobody swoops in and saves those people.

Also, hang on. Will we be "not worse" or will our standard of living "fall precipitously"? Those feel different.

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