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    13 hours ago

    liberalism without capitalism…

    isn’t that basically just socialism?

    plus, if liberals were to invent replicators, they would use it to lower cost of production, fire staff, and raise profits while skyrocketing inequality.

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        11 hours ago

        just thought that the concept of “replicator will end scarcity” is wrong.

        we have done the same with music and digital media.

        at the beginning you had to buy physical media. but then we developed a way to end scarcity and have unlimited music for free. and it was immediately turned into a crime.

        i guarantee that if we invent replicators, they’ll we have DRM and licences and you’ll have to buy a license or a subscription service.

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            10 hours ago

            if the printer can’t track you what’s the point in selling printers to the public…

            printers hide a nearly invisible pattern in every print to act as a fingerprint to track people. so if you print something out can be tracked straight to you. so even if you print in black and white, the print needs the colours.

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        9 hours ago

        yhea, was pointing at how ridiculous is that concept.

        like they want the modern pretend leftists vibe of liberalism without liberalism, ie they want anything left of socialism.