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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The problem is that humans are really bad at caring for unproductive people. If you use wealth generated by natural resources as a proxy for wealth generated by robot labor, humans have a bad record of distributing the material wealth.

[–] isles@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

humans are really bad at caring for unproductive people.

That's a current, not fundamental, observation.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 10 months ago

On the family level, you see some supporting of other family members. However, it becomes a lot harder as you go beyond people's immediate kin.