There will always be a Target, women have to shop, it’s in their jeans.
What we are combating is socialism, where the state decides which medicines we can buy, which companies it is going to tax or regulate.
I’m not going to walk or ride a bike to a bus to sit next to some crazy woman that slaps her shoe next to my face (it happened to me recently), then get on a train to go to work. Not going to happen. But that is exactly what my state and city is spending our transportation taxes on.
California’s EPA is chasing manufacturing out of state and now Texas has surpassed us.
Change has already happened, it is up to us to be prepared for it and I’m already up to speed.
But they can shop online. And do, in increasing levels. In a 3D printed world where your computer knows your dimensions and can modify the item to fit you shopping gets a lot more fun. No more “well it looks nice but it doesn’t fit”, it WILL fit.
This goes way beyond economic philosophies and how you get to work. This is a question of what percentage of people will we even NEED to have work to go to.
If you don’t see what’s going on with 3D printers and automation as changing the very fabric of how we make and distribute good you aren’t up to speed. Forget the government, they’ve never had the ability to render change the way technology does. We are right now in the process of making all driving jobs a thing of the past. We are right now in the process of making most manufacturing jobs a thing of the past. We are right now in the process of making most selling jobs a thing of the past. The government doesn’t get a say in this. Much like they didn’t have a say in the internet for 25 years. The government will turn around 25 years after this revolution and say “woh, something big just happened”.