Can communism be effective in a post scarcity economy?
Recently following the discussion by politicians in US elections of "getting jobs back", it seemed clear to me that this phase of losing jobs can't be stopped or even slowed: it's the natural and unavoidable effect of automation. This lead me to discuss Universal Basic Income, a potential solution to a future where so much is automated that there aren't enough jobs for even a small fraction of the population. In this discussion topic, I've found that the resulting system that seems necessary is very similar to communism. According to Wikipedia : > "A communist economic system would be characterized by advanced> productive technology that enables material abundance, which in turn> would enable the free distribution of most or all economic output and> the holding of the means of producing this output in common."That looks identical to a post scarcity UBI system to me. So my question is this: is communism not an inherently flawed governing system, but rather one that is failed due to its inability to work outside of a post scarcity economy, and misused due to its ability to entice citizens with false promises of equality? In other words, can communism be effective in a post scarcity economy? Why or why not?<hr/>To clarify, since there seems to be the potential for confusion here: I'm pointing out that *perhaps* communism works only as a solution to the situation where everything is already automated and people don't *need* to work (and can't - 90% of jobs are automated). Either you divide the wealth in a manner not based on work or your population starves at that point (because there's simply no demand for work).I'm turning that "perhaps" into a question to learn about whether that could be accurate or not.
Communism has been an absolute failure in every nation that it has ever been tried in. The whole concept of development is birthed from a free capitalistic society. Don't let leftist politics and their ideology cloud the truth and time test variable of motivation to generate profit and retain that profit.
