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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 21 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The world has had enough resources for post-scarcity for decades, if not centuries. Before, the problem was logistics, now it's will.

[–] doben@lemmy.wtf 0 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh it has always been will. Let‘s not pretend like capitalism has the better logistics and therefore a better world wouldn‘t have been possible sooner. That’s only romanticizing capitalism.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 7 hours ago

I'm talking about methods of transport and storage. Food isn't likely to rot before it gets where it's going, like it was a couple hundred years ago.