Cutting public service comes at a cost

Originally posted by pintohoo ↑

" If nobody owns the productive assets, nobody will make the asset in the first place."

not true --- you are stuck with the concept of ownership in your head.

It's not easy to get away from it -- let it sink in for a few days or weeks - it takes a while.

And, - yes, you can get someone to make the asset in the first place but, not own it --

government

all you have to do is to fund the asset - which we already do these things with debt we can never repay - indeed, the yanks just keep printing money - you want something done - you print it - easy.

You have to be at a stage where machines can do it all -

where robots can dig the dirt up and smelt the ores etc. - where robots build those robots and maintain those robots and themselves - then robots manufacture all things and maintain all things -- they do every single thing.

Now - we are nowhere near that yet - but, in 1000 years???????????

well - we might even be there in 50 years - we could certainly be there in 100 years --

but, 1000 years????? ---------- it's impossible to imagine that it is going to be any other way.

So - at a point in history - all you have to do is to get those assets in place ----------- ONCE -- from there on - those assets provide for all human needs - right from the primary resourcing to wiping your bum if you can't physically do it.

It IS possible --- whether it happens or not??? I know not.

As to the culture that has lasted 50k years ------ there is no evidence to suggest that the concept of nil ownership would have changed if they had advanced technologically - it may well have made no difference if they were chucking spears or using iphones - we cannot know that.

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“If nobody owns the productive assets, nobody will make the asset in the first place."

not true --- you are stuck with the concept of ownership in your head.”

Not at all. It’s human psychology. People don’t do something for nothing, especially in the commercial sphere. Thus it is pointless speculating on what may have happened if the aboriginals had advanced technologically. It was never going to happen.

In fact, you cannot advance at all unless there is ownership. Say you make a flint axe. I come and take it, and chop down a tree. That’s got me my firewood for a month, so I can just sit back every afternoon. Hopefully you’ll make another, because I can’t remember where I put it .....