“An era may be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted.”
— Arthur Miller
In various pages of this site, you may have noticed us using the word Convergence Point at multiple points on this site.
But what is the Convergence Point?
It is the ultimate economic inflection point, the moment at which any economic economy is cheaper to be done by an automated agent, than a human worker.
And because of capitalism’s relent drive to compete and innovate, once the Convergence Point happens, automating away your workforce becomes not only optional, but increasingly mandatory, to maintain one’s economic edge.
Of course, the destabilizing and impoverishing effects of it are bound to happen way before then, since different sectors of the economy automate at different rates, but this is the point at which capitalism becomes physically impossible, and accessism a necessity.
So, what can be done?
Here’s where Accessism comes in. At the Convergence Point, we’ll be forced to confront the obvious: the purpose of production isn’t profit, it’s life itself.
In an open-access economy, abundance is distributed as access, not rationed by wages or markets. Automation, networks, and AI are not threats.
They’re the infrastructure of a society where nobody has to earn survival.
At the Convergence Point, the choice will no longer be “capitalism or socialism,” but:
- A system of abundance and freedom
or - A system of surveillance and control
Because make no mistake: if capitalism tries to survive past the Convergence Point, it won’t become freer or more efficient, it will become monstrous. Automation without access means permanent unemployment, universal dependency, and authoritarian control of resources. A digital feudalism, worse than any dystopia imagined.
And to prevent that, we need accessism to be the political alternative people for the 21st century people need, and for the Accessist International to be a constellation of parties, groups and candidates like you and me, ready to lay a brick at the governance of the future.
A vibrant presence in the political scene and public consciousness, ready for the trials of the future.
One that people can look forward to, as the Convergence Point and it’s chaos steadily approaches.
Will you be part of this political vanguard?
Why Millennials (and Gen Z) Already Get It
For younger generations, the Convergence Point isn’t an abstract debate, it’s lived reality. We grew up in the rubble of 2008, watching wages stagnate while productivity soared. We entered the workforce in the shadow of gig jobs, debt, and rent that devours half a paycheck. Now AI threatens to displace us entirely.
We were told: “Study hard, work hard, and you’ll succeed.” But the system is clearly rigged. Our generation already knows the old promises are bankrupt. We’re not afraid of questioning capitalism, because it failed us first.
The Convergence Point is where the frustration of a generation meets the opportunity of technology. It’s where we decide whether automation liberates humanity, or enslaves it.
Every era thinks it’s living through history. But this time, we truly are.
The Convergence Point isn’t centuries away, it’s within our lifetimes.
Maybe even this decade.
The only real question is:
When we arrive, will we cling to scarcity and control, or step into abundance and freedom?
The answer will define not just economics, but civilization itself.