A Boring Dystopia

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Consumer, we have detected that you are above the poverty line. The 99¢ price printed on this Arizona tea can only applies to those below the poverty line. Your total comes to $3.67. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by LengAwaits@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

This sounds like the capitalistic version of communism (Soviet regime), the politburo (the billionaires) have decided that a family should be able to buy a loaf of bread every week, so we set the price of bread to yearly income/52

[–] jorp@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Setting prices is communism, Marx got it all wrong

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

Communism is when capitalism.

[–] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

In Soviet America, universal basic income is when prices are set based on your AI calculated total income.