For 3rd world countries that actually want to join the 1st world, this is great. But I'm afraid that we're creating a global monoculture (spreading western-style capitalism everywhere) and this is not in society's long-term best interest.
Some people might not want "jobs" as we define them. Some might not want an "economy" as we define it. I think we should do our best to shield peoples who don't want to buy in to our system from having to do it.
By no means do I want to condemn people to lives of toiling for giant multinational corporations if they would be perfectly happy being self-sufficient yet isolated.
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For 3rd world countries that actually want to join the 1st world, this is great. But I'm afraid that we're creating a global monoculture (spreading western-style capitalism everywhere) and this is not in society's long-term best interest.
Some people might not want "jobs" as we define them. Some might not want an "economy" as we define it. I think we should do our best to shield peoples who don't want to buy in to our system from having to do it.
By no means do I want to condemn people to lives of toiling for giant multinational corporations if they would be perfectly happy being self-sufficient yet isolated.