Robotic Communist Society

        Could you imagine a post-work society, one that contains robots doing all of the labor, while humans sit back and live a luxurious life? According to Bryan Merchant in his recent article, "Fully Automated Luxury Communism," he explains how some supporters believe that the idea of a fully automated luxury communism would take the workload off of people and allow them to live a luxurious lifestyle without many work hours, if any at all. For example, Aaron Bastani gave some hints of what this lifestyle could potentially be like, when he said “The demand would be a 10- or 12-hour working week, a guaranteed social wage, universally guaranteed housing, education, healthcare and so on.” Merchant later goes on to mention how this is only the beginning of technology advancements, when he talked about how 35% of jobs in the UK are at risk of being lost, due to automation. Merchant explains how technology is only going to keep increasing and we're barely getting started, claiming that for generations there has always been speculations and thoughts about a utopia society, where labor is minimal and luxury is high. In the end, Merchant explains how this thought process is based largely off of politics. For instance, he used the popular rap group "Migos" as an example, when he stated, “You get these music videos the kids love, where it’s completely outlandish, luxury everywhere. The story of capitalism is that if you work hard and play by the rules you can get this, which is obviously bullshit." The idea is that the government may claim if you obey and do as you're told that you will live a great life with no financial issues; however, for most communist countries, this has never been the case.