It's easier to imagine social ruination through teleporting than the end of capitalism.
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Borders and prisons are instantly gone, property outside of direct possession is pretty much gone, also any individual that wants to assassinate one other person can. I feel like a lot of folks are sharp enough to start imagining alternative compacts and enforcement mechanisms.
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But who will repurpose the roads?
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Are you using roads for something roads can't do..? O-o
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I love how this puts you in the "consent is required and can be withdrawn at any time" mindset for imagining new systems.
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Baxter & Pratchett's "The Long Earth" really set my imagination ablaze with their variant of the conceit, when I read it a few years back or so.
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_The Stars My Destination_, Alfred Bester
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Essentially, it would kill the subject.
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Have you read Too Like the Lightning?
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