The real counterpoint is the elimination of the only remaining “excuse” to maintain such an anti-social and destructive institution. As Murray Rothbard wrote of the state as “the organization of robbery systematized and writ large”. And since “money” is simply a fiction devised to help with trade, it would be…

Read my comment above: if we remove the basic, fundamental, unalterable paradigm of limited resources (there’s only so much to go around), then what does it mean to be wealthy? When fusion power enables turning ANY material into energy and any other material you choose (iron, copper, platinum, carbon, silicon, etc)…

I recommend a fascinating sci-fi (back then) short novel called The Voyage From Yesteryear, by James Hogan - engineer turned author.