[ExI] Usages of the term libertarianism

Rafal Smigrodzki rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com
Thu May 12 04:11:02 UTC 2011


2011/5/11 Kevin Freels <reasonerkevin at yahoo.com>:
>
> I'm curious how you view the future.  I'd say we're only 15-20 years away
> from losing all of our truck drivers to driverless trucks that can drive
> 24x7. As more work is done by machines eventually there will come a time
> when there is little that can't be done by machines better and cheaper than
> a human can do it. We're going to need fewer and fewer people to manage
> things. How does this work in a libertarian world?

### Easy. A truck driver buys a few shares of the company that owns
robotic trucks. Since the wealth generated by the company is enormous,
the dividends on those few shares equal his real income. He can retire
and enjoy a pleasant, robot-and-capitalism supported life (there are
some wrinkles to this analysis, could be discussed with an
economically-minded person).

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> Also, please try to convince me that gas prices at the moment and the near
> destruction of the global economy aren't a direct result of capitalism in
> it's purest form run rampant without enough regulation.

### In Newspeak, right is wrong, and wrong is right. You believe the
opposite of the truth, you blame the solution for the problem and see
the problem as the solution. Just as intended by those who formed your
mind.

Rafal




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