this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2024
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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (7 children)

The future of capitalism, if you don't like this then fight against it

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Im not sure this would actually fit the definition of capitalism anymore to be honest, the term ration seems to imply that all things an employee has are just provided to them by the company instead of actually paying them and having them buy things themselves. If people arent buying anything and arent paid, then money is effectively doesnt exist for these people, and therefore isnt the basis for the power their "employer"/owner has over them. Arguably this would be closer to some sort of feudalism with central planning.

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It really depends on how the rest of their society looks. Think about mining towns, with miners paid in tokens, and spent entirely at the company store.

[–] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah company towns were a thing 100 years ago and they were terrible and corporations desperately want to bring them back

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