alt Hacker NewsIn the world of abundance you don’t have to pay for this.
If theres nothing for people to do a new economy will arise where government will supply you with whatever you need at least at basic level.
Or the wars will start and everything will burn.
Obviously if there are no jobs no one will sit on their ass starving. People will get food , clothes, housing etc either via distribution or via force.
Who would be the government if nobody has to work? Those who want power will be the ones with the strongest incentive to be the government and to control the supply of "abundance" (plus military forces). And they will be motivated to deprive others of "free everything" in order to have more control over them. Given human nature, I'm highly skeptical that such an "abundance" utopia is possible.