User blog comment:Yuy168/Why Post-Scarcity Doesn't Work/@comment-1743498-20140201000712

I wouldn't say that it's impossible, but it's definitely debatable. In the most pessimistic scenario, a post-scarcity economy would be an isolated dystopia run by a totalitarian regime. Just a few examples as to how it could work, the government could genetically modify their own citizens so that they would never be motivated to do any work. To deal with the resource problem, quite a few new laws would be created such as the banning of technological advancement, very tight population control and the outlawing of exploration. Of course, it boils down to whether or not it's ethical.