Good, Americans like a war we can really sink our teeth into.

Should be in control and actually are in control are not the same thing.

Only if those who benefit most from that switch are the ones in control of the state. A more likely result is that investment just moves elsewhere and a lot of people are out of luck.

For items which are high in labor but low in raw materials, land use and energy cost, yes. Electronic devices are going to be pretty darn cheap, food, not so much.

Figure out one that doesn't suck or run on pipe dreams and you can count me in, for the moment there is no alternative.

There would still be limitations on the quantity of raw materials, land, and the total energy production capacity. It would certainly be vastly different than things are now, but that doesn't mean everything would be free.

Replace the word "reasonable" with "maximum" and you're closer to the truth.

It's mostly just a handy side effect.

Even complete elimination of labor costs would not result in the situation you're describing. Raw materials and land, at the very least, will still have value.

Laser pumped solar sail is about the only thing we have right now that would be anywhere near fast enough. Mostly because the "fuel" is generated at the departure point instead of needing to be carried along. It would be a huge project and frankly I don't think we're up to it politically but the science is pretty solid and the engineering is mostly there already.

Great, then lets see pictures of CEOs and other senior executives being escorted out of buildings.

Of course those questions belong in philosophy not social science.

We don't have time for rational solutions! Why won't you think of the children?

One might even suggest we get all science-y and have a control group, evaluation criteria, test for statistical validity, check for confounding factors and other seemingly sensible steps.

They're supposed to verify that the order placed is what the manager wants rather than just what they asked for, but that's not the same thing as ensuring they understand the purchase, not at all. Management is in charge of strategy, they get the credit and the blame.