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Is capitalism 'mutating' into an infotech utopia?

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4 points by hangars 10 years ago · 2 comments

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hellbanner 10 years ago

I don't think the world is anywhere close to Utopia. We have:

* Starving people

* Wars

* Racial prejudice

* Vastly uneven distribution of healthcare across the globe

  • madaxe_again 10 years ago

    Utopia is a horribly misused word - the entire point was that it was an impossible idea - it literally means "nowhere" see Thomas More. He was mocking the idea of a Eutopia, which would literally be a "happy place".

    Either way, this all feels far more like dystopia - so I suppose the answer to the question, intended or not, is yes - we are indeed on the road to nowhere.

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