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Star Trek society. That's what can happen, but only if we progress into a mindset that those who don't work for money are not slackers nor taking away from the success of the wealthy.

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We wouldn't need to progress into that society, there are many people who already feel that way. Those people could just branch off. My point isn't to nitpick but to point out that it's closer than you might think.

Well, there are some people who think this way. Likely there are many of them on HN. However, watch any presidential race in the US and see the rant about people who mooch off society by not "working hard enough." I come from a red state and that's what I hear around here all the time--terms like "welfare state," "freeloaders," etc. and beyond.

I do appreciate the hope that more and more people are coming around! That's all we can hope for.

Until we reach a post scarcity economy, the only way those who don't work can survive is by taking away from those who do work.

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