I strongly doubt that even ideological uniformity would reduce inter-nation competition to zero, and I still doubt that the reduction would be meaningful. Consider that in our timeline, the Soviets and the Chinese had serious border skirmishes that could have escalated further, and did so despite considering the United States to be their primary opponent.
I am not talking about ideological uniformity between two countries. I am talking about events inside 1 country. As I understand, it the core of socialism economics is that government decides where resources of the country go (when in capitalism there are companies who then only pay taxes). Companies can have races with each other. With central planing it’s ~impossible. The problem of international conflicts is more of an another topic.
As of now, for example, neglect of AI safety comes (in a big part) from races between USA companies. (With some exception of china, which is arguably still years behind and doesn’t have enough compute)
I strongly doubt that even ideological uniformity would reduce inter-nation competition to zero, and I still doubt that the reduction would be meaningful. Consider that in our timeline, the Soviets and the Chinese had serious border skirmishes that could have escalated further, and did so despite considering the United States to be their primary opponent.
I am not talking about ideological uniformity between two countries. I am talking about events inside 1 country. As I understand, it the core of socialism economics is that government decides where resources of the country go (when in capitalism there are companies who then only pay taxes). Companies can have races with each other. With central planing it’s ~impossible. The problem of international conflicts is more of an another topic.
As of now, for example, neglect of AI safety comes (in a big part) from races between USA companies. (With some exception of china, which is arguably still years behind and doesn’t have enough compute)