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Comment author: Lumifer 04 May 2015 12:56:24AM 3 points [-]

when you can get your goods, energy and communications for basically free, doesn't that undermine the whole capitalist system?

Ask me that when I actually would be able to get my goods, energy, and communications for basically free.

I'm not holding my breath.

By the way, the traditional name for this sort of arrangement is "communism".