Will Capitalism ever be replaced?

[Viking11]

I think that in the far future when we become a Type III Civilization (1000 or more years from now) technological breakthroughs will make traditional employment obsolete. We will have unlimited power and resources since there are trillions and trillions and trillions of stars and planets in the universe whose resources we can harness. Housing, education, healthcare, food, water, technology and transportation will all be free. There will be no need to buy or sell anything. People will be free to enjoy their own personal, creative and other leisure pursuits, without needing to work.

 

[Orly?]

Until then, we need competition to foster innovation..

 

[natsb]

So, while we are all sitting around playing Xbox and popping Bon-Bons, who will be maintaining all that technology? Will our robots self repair?

I think I've seen how this movie ends.

Also, I wonder... Will the inhabitants of those other worlds mind us taking their resources?

 

[Frank Apisa]

I think that in the far future when we become a Type III Civilization (1000 or more years from now) technological breakthroughs will make traditional employment obsolete. We will have unlimited power and resources since there are trillions and trillions and trillions of stars and planets in the universe whose resources we can harness. Housing, education, healthcare, food, water, technology and transportation will all be free. There will be no need to buy or sell anything. People will be free to enjoy their own personal, creative and other leisure pursuits, without needing to work.

It will be a LOT sooner than a thousand years from now. I suspect we will have a major start in that direction during the lifetime of people alive at this moment.

It simply has to be.

 

[dimensionallava]

Until then, we need competition to foster innovation..

maybe we could create a realm that lasts 1000 years to "foster innovation"?

 

[OrphanSlug]

What a terrible poll, we do not have complete capitalism now. (A little hint, we never have.)

 

[Hawkeye10]

It will be a LOT sooner than a thousand years from now. I suspect we will have a major start in that direction during the lifetime of people alive at this moment.

It simply has to be.

I would be surprised if we dont massively change our economy with-in 100 years. Not sure what it will become, except that we will move into something that promotes low consumption. I am sure that we will go back to making stuff that is intended to last a long time, the days of making humongous amounts of cheap crap that rapidly hits the landfill are short.

 

[Joe Steel]

What a terrible poll, we do not have complete capitalism now. (A little hint, we never have.)

We should be thankful. Laissez-faire capitalism would have destroyed us long before now.

 

[beerftw]

I think that in the far future when we become a Type III Civilization (1000 or more years from now) technological breakthroughs will make traditional employment obsolete. We will have unlimited power and resources since there are trillions and trillions and trillions of stars and planets in the universe whose resources we can harness. Housing, education, healthcare, food, water, technology and transportation will all be free. There will be no need to buy or sell anything. People will be free to enjoy their own personal, creative and other leisure pursuits, without needing to work.

capitalism only exists so much today because no better system exists, and it will stay that way until someone invents a better system. Capitalism has proven versatile enough that even when mixed with socialism and mercantilism it has still functioned.

 

[What if...?]

I think that in the far future when we become a Type III Civilization (1000 or more years from now) technological breakthroughs will make traditional employment obsolete. We will have unlimited power and resources since there are trillions and trillions and trillions of stars and planets in the universe whose resources we can harness. Housing, education, healthcare, food, water, technology and transportation will all be free. There will be no need to buy or sell anything. People will be free to enjoy their own personal, creative and other leisure pursuits, without needing to work.

We're burning all the cheap hydrocarbons at a rate that threatens to trap us at Type I

But I hope we aren't..

 

[Van Basten]

Yes, but the system to do it does not exist....yet.

That framework will be the handiwork of a much more civilized, shrewd, creative, and capable humanity.

Provided we don't nuke ourselves into Mad Max or anything like that.

Capitalism is the best system until something empirically better comes along and does to the big-C what it did to feudalism and so on. Something that can show results and provide for greater freedom and prosperity.

 

[Fenton]

I think that in the far future when we become a Type III Civilization (1000 or more years from now) technological breakthroughs will make traditional employment obsolete. We will have unlimited power and resources since there are trillions and trillions and trillions of stars and planets in the universe whose resources we can harness. Housing, education, healthcare, food, water, technology and transportation will all be free. There will be no need to buy or sell anything. People will be free to enjoy their own personal, creative and other leisure pursuits, without needing to work.

Replaced with what prey tell ?

 

[PIPEWRENCH]

What a terrible poll, we do not have complete capitalism now. (A little hint, we never have.)

True. Capitalism has been the driving force. That is the downfall of socialism. There is no carrot hanging in front of you to keep you going forward. Without reward there is no reason to venture.

 

[PIPEWRENCH]

We're burning all the cheap hydrocarbons at a rate that threatens to trap us at Type I

But I hope we aren't..

The scarcity of fossil fuels will become the driving force behind the next major discovery of alternative energy. It is hard to force it. The shortage of old growth trees brings about the steel ship. It is the way things work.

 

[Van Basten]

I Housing, education, healthcare, food, water, technology and transportation will all be free. There will be no need to buy or sell anything. People will be free to enjoy their own personal, creative and other leisure pursuits, without needing to work.

We could accomplish something near this as a Type I people.

Star Trek ain't even Type III and that's fiction.

We'd still buy and sell in a sense, it just wouldn't be for profit but the exchange of creative goods for artistic/cultural enrichment. Post-scarcity or anything near it doesn't mean people don't have jobs or businesses. We should never aim to be some lazy, pleasure driven race.

 

[PIPEWRENCH]

It will be a LOT sooner than a thousand years from now. I suspect we will have a major start in that direction during the lifetime of people alive at this moment.

It simply has to be.

I think we are going to stagnate for a while. Just as the great pyramid was the tallest structure and the horse the fastest mode of travel for thousands of years we too can become stuck or even regress. I think big government and the increase of dependence on others will become a ball and chain on innovation. It will take a catastrophe to thin out the dead weight to get things moving forward. It becomes almost impossible to move forward dragging a bunch people sitting on there backside expecting you to get them there.

 

[Cyrylek]

Of course it can be replaced - freedom of choice and individual rights may well be temporary and fragile features of human civilization.

 

[What if...?]

The scarcity of fossil fuels will become the driving force behind the next major discovery of alternative energy. It is hard to force it. The shortage of old growth trees brings about the steel ship. It is the way things work.

Not according to the civilization grading system of the OP.

We'll be lucky to escape the gravity well into local space at the rate we're going.

 

[instagramsci]

I don't think that people can accept how we're practically post-scarcity now, but so many still go without necessities. Maybe until after we're all dead, but I hope not.

 

[Riveroaks]

maybe we could create a realm that lasts 1000 years to "foster innovation"?

I am sure the USA will probably last 1000 years.

Same as Eastern Rome.

Same as Western Rome.

We are the New Roman Empire.

Nobody can beat us.

We are the world's only superpower.

 

[Riveroaks]

Of course it can be replaced - freedom of choice and individual rights may well be temporary and fragile features of human civilization.

The greater good of the whole Body Politic must be the primary goal of civilization.

Robber barons and poverty are a thing of the past.

 

[Baralis]

Until then, we need competition to foster innovation..

I like to believe that a positive transformation will occur in the next few generations. I imagine a world where our technology is advanced and able enough to provide all of our basic needs with little intervention needed by man. This will allow people the time and energy to pursue education and projects that interest them instead of using our limited time and resources just trying to make a living. I think that is when we will see the real innovation, no profit needed, just love for what one is doing.

 

[dimensionallava]

We should never aim to be some lazy, pleasure driven race.

what should our race aim to be?

 

[Van Basten]

what should our race aim to be?

Free, vibrant, creative, and productive.

A hedonistic race isn't much one for innovation and general advancement. Occasional excess is fine, but as the continuous design of life? Sickening at best.

What about you?

 

[Cephus]

Not any time in our lifetimes, nor the lifetimes of our children or grandchildren or great grandchildren, so why worry about it now?