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So, in a capitalist, bootstrap worldview, the goal is to work really hard so that we produce enough to one day retire so that we can enjoy the fruits of our labor without working anymore and our children have things easier. And yet, the idea of a *society* working really hard to produce things like automation so that the *society* can enjoy the fruits of its labor without working anymore and our children can have things easier us somehow wrong and evil. Because then people wouldn't be *working* and that, alone, is bad.
If we as individuals can be proud of having amassed enough that we can retire (and the younger we retire, the more we are deserving of pride and congratulations), then we as a society should be proud of having amassed enough that our people can also "retire" from the drudgery of production and spend their lives in the pursuit of happiness.
Being able to care for a population that does not produce or "contribute" ought to be seen as a mark of our success and wealth as a nation, just as retirement is seen as a mark of success for the individual. Being able to say that we are so wealthy that we have enough to just give away and so successful at efficiency and automation that we can produce without needing to lift a finger ought to be a huge source of pride to capitalists.
If we as individuals can be proud of having amassed enough that we can retire (and the younger we retire, the more we are deserving of pride and congratulations), then we as a society should be proud of having amassed enough that our people can also "retire" from the drudgery of production and spend their lives in the pursuit of happiness.
Being able to care for a population that does not produce or "contribute" ought to be seen as a mark of our success and wealth as a nation, just as retirement is seen as a mark of success for the individual. Being able to say that we are so wealthy that we have enough to just give away and so successful at efficiency and automation that we can produce without needing to lift a finger ought to be a huge source of pride to capitalists.
