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It's not entirely equal, but in priciple a highly automated industry + UBI would be a move toward "post-scarcity" in the sense that labor is not required of most of the population

In TNG, any retard could verbally ask a computer to make a program for them. Today, we are pretty close - but are any of our cherished retards going to use it for anything productive? How does this advance humanity? STEM has been intensely promoted for decades; where is the fruit of that effort? Better kamikaze drones?