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The problem with "wealthy" is that it implies a differential, whereas "comfortable and secure" doesn't.
If the average is everyone no one can be wealthy.
In the distant future, we may have robots and AI that can do all of our work for us in terms of mining resources and converting those resources into material goods.[/qQuote from: Kryptid on 17/08/2021 16:55:12In the distant future, we may have robots and AI that can do all of our work for us in terms of mining resources and converting those resources into material goods.Now that would be good as we can take hard work out of the equation leaving all the time for pleasure.
In the distant future, we may have robots and AI that can do all of our work for us in terms of mining resources and converting those resources into material goods.
If the government was to give every person $10.000.000 who would then do all the work the baker won't go to work and bake bread all day for a dollar a loaf he will want to drive around in his Lamborghini like all of the rest of us. Catch 22 we can't all be rich.
Where would he get the car from?
What if the government just lets us all print our own cash the harder you print the more you will have. No more work hard just print fast.
If people don't work, who is going to make food, electricity, cars and other goods?
That is the proof of my point that there are only wealthy people in the world as a result of there being poor people we cant all be rich. The rich are riding on the poor.
There need not be poor people in order for there to be rich people. If you could somehow constantly poof everyone out of existence when they fell below the poverty line, that wouldn't make all the rich people go away (although, in some cases, it could well bite into their paycheck if they rely on cheap labor for their profits).
I see it this way if we all had a million dollars we would not be rich because then a loaf of bread would cost $500. people would still have to work in the lower end of the market.
How are you defining "poor"?