Economist: Superhuman AI communism could deliver prosperity, but jail for wrongthink remains bad
paulnovosad · x · 2026-09-15
Economist Paul Novosad muses that his main issue with communism is its poor track record of making people better off. A superhuman AI communism with broad-based prosperity wouldn't have that problem — though going to jail for wrongthink still seems bad.
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