First you say:
How soon do you think we can build a base on the moon if we no longer have to account for profits in our motives?
... then you say:
Tell me, if you have a place to live, and food to eat, and work that satisfies you, what more do you need?
My previous point turns on the notion that a particular society wants to achieve more than just subsistence living. But sure, if all you want to do is live a simple life in a society full of people who want to do the same, I have no argument at all.
The reason I want to do more than just live a simple life like that is because I believe this goal promotes human flourishing. I agree that what passes for capitalism today leads to starkly uneven distribution. I think this can be corrected by protecting private property, promoting voluntary human interaction, and freedom of association, all without abandoning capitalism.
I don't see them as mutually exclusive.
My utopia retires at ~50.
Rule by force is the disease, who and how are symptoms, eh?
Take rule by force off the table, and by default, utopia it is.
So simple only the highest brows can miss it.
With robotics, the math on needed work hours per person to maintain the status quo is around 20k hours.
We would all be working part time, but billionaires need more billions.
What I want to know is, who cleans the toilets once we have all we need?
Without poverty, how do you push that labor off onto someone else?