One emerging (realistic) theory: Under zero-sum conditions things go tribal. ...
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1) "Capitalism" in the specific sense of most production machinery being privately owned. With 3D printing and industrial robots that can be programmed to produce wide variety of goods, production facilities can become less specialized--producing many possible goods on demand.
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2) In that situation, could have many production facilities become public utilities, but without any central planning of what goods they make--consumers (and retailers) order what they want, self-replicating factories make them and charge little more than materials & energy costs
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3) If IP laws remain in place, people ordering a good with copyrighted specs might also have to pay fee to copyright holder, so could still have something like capitalism in IP creation. Business model for company like Apple would change little, they already outsource production
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4) But I'd expect that with costs of living way down and likely a UBI policy in place, more IP creators would choose to work on creator-owned (or open-source) projects rather than being on payroll of company that retains ownership of copyright/patents, so not exactly "capitalism"
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