"Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From the term fully automated luxury communism, proposed by the British journalist Aaron Bastani in 2014, which suggests that automation will make work and scarcity obsolete. The Gay and Space parts were later added by activists to suggest that this utopia would also end all persecution of LGBTQ people and enable space travel. The meme was popularized in late 2016 on Reddit. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism}} Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism (uncountable)
  1. (Internet slang, politics, LGBTQ) A futuristic utopian social system proposed by progressive activists in which gender norms, wealth, and work become obsolete and everyone lives in luxury. Tags: Internet, uncountable Synonyms: Fully Automated Luxury Queer Space Communism, FALGSC Related terms: gay race communism, postscarcity, Star Trek, withering away of the state, you will own nothing and be happy
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