User blog comment:Yuy168/Why Post-Scarcity Doesn't Work/@comment-76.190.203.221-20140201045731/@comment-4364108-20140201191841

In my opinion a culture will NEVER be ready for post-scarcity. A world without the state sounds fun in theory as well, but it implies everyone is inherently good. In an Alien culture the aliens would still have thousands and thousands of years of conditioning towards a scarcity economy. The longer the scarcity culture exists the worse the impact will be. It's nice to think that a large society devoid of labor will be a good thing, but it will absolutely wreak havoc on any species psyche. Any species that can reach post-scarcity will have to be the hardest-working, best-fighting, and most creative species ever. Genetic engineering towards post-scarcity would be detrimental to society. An Anarchist society would also quickly be destroyed by surrounding nations. I also would predict a world where most labor is automated will cause a societal collapse because of the sudden lack of any direct purpose in life. This can already be observed today as our gargantuan society deprives many people of a sense of purpose.