From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!inuxd!arlan Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: soul Article-I.D.: inuxd.240 Posted: Wed Jan 26 12:44:53 1983 Received: Fri Jan 28 08:16:44 1983 References: atd.149 utcsrgv.828 The information society will probably further capitalism, since capitalism is the only means devised to date whereby wealth is created; the term "to make money" doesn't exist in the collectivist societies. It is only in statist/static economic systems where taking something from someone else is condoned, and where "one more for me means one less for you". Capitalism says, "Let's make 'em cheap enough so that we all can have two or three, and there's no need to steal." It IS interesting to speculate, however, on what means of distribution of wealth might supplant our own system. [We leave out the obvious failures of the collectivist "system", which of course is merely a modern label for the ancient system of tyranny/feudalism. No way will they supplant us; they can't even hold together the miserable little cliques they now have. If we ever decide seriously to stop underpinning them, they would die altogether. The worst they could do is destroy us ; no way can they compete with us.] For instance--when there are fifty robots for every person, does each of us have "slaves"? Does Uncle Sam own all the robots, or does the UAW or GM? What happens? And also--when the SOD vaccine is available to everyone else and we all live to 120, will they push retirement age up to 95? Until the 21st century-- --arlan andrews/american bell/indy