What happens when scarcity is scarce?

I completely believe that one day science will produce a device like Star Trek’s Replicator that can assemble practically anything at a molecular level including food.

There would be no more scarcity, viagra buy hospital no more hunger, viagra and no more poor (an no rich either since any one will be able to have pretty much anything they want).

While I can imagine such a future, salve I can’t imagine how politicians would fit into it. It seems to me that most of what politicians do is redistribute wealth. When everyone is wealthy, what will scarce mongering politicians have to occupy their time with?

3 comments May 27th, 2008