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CMV: A post-scarcity economy would be communist

In the writings of Ian Banks and other sci-fi writers, there is a concept called the post-scarcity economy.  

In our current economy, there is a limited quantity of resources, so there is a competition between people/communities/societies/countries for those limited resources. That competition includes, but is not limited to, jobs, loans/credit, an economy based on money, theft, wars, fraud, and all sorts of things.  

In the concept of the post-scarcity economy, the availability f resources is theoretically unlimited because of automation, off-planet material extraction, and free energy. Availability of manufactured goods would likewise be almost unlimited, due to additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing), artificial intelligence,  and nanotechnology.  

My feeling is that, should we reach the point where the availability of resources is basically independent of the need to COMPETE for them (buy them), the society would basically look very much like the Communist ideal spouted by Marx.  There would be differences (the proletariat would not have to kill the bourgeoisie,  communal property may or may not exist, people would not need to be indoctrinated, etc), but without the NEED for jobs to survive, the world would be a communist ideal.  

Thoughts?
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I would argue that our *need* for jobs is, and will be more so in the future, more due to boredom and the desire to be valued by others, than it is to provide basic necessities for survival.

Do you think humans will, at some point in the future, stop having the desire to be seen as “high status,” or the desire to stop “competing with the Joneses”?