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bucolic_frolic

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1. Will there be an incentive to produce output as demand and prices fall?

Reply to FakeNoose (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 09:47 AM

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Productivity gains could be cannibalized for awhile to drive costs and selling prices down, but the costs of manufacture still need to be maintained, machines repaired and replaced. We're left with Super Capitalists on top, robots and armchair workers in the middle, and 93% of workers with marginal or no jobs. That would be my guess. Profits will trend lower as well.

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