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dwbtoday at 7:01 AM1 replyview on HN

Socialists want to seize the means of production in order to democratise it and move towards communism, which is exactly a post-scarcity post-state destruction of the [capitalist] economy. It is entirely compatible with giving everyone AI and a replicator - the free association of producers and all that. Marx would disagree that you can skip the state part on your way to communism, sure, and I think he’s probably right, but maybe not.


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matheusmoreiratoday at 7:05 AM

> in order to democratise it

Don't believe that even for a second.

> move towards communism

Has never happened, and I don't believe it ever will.

We have better chances of collapsing capitalism from within.

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