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Personally, I think this is the way it's "gonna go down" as more and more robots and AI come on the scene. Jobs become more and more specialized, requiring certain levels of intelligence. And a lot fewer of them.

But, then, I also think, conveniently there are gonna be a lot fewer of us too.But, then, I also think, conveniently there are gonna be a lot fewer of us too.

What worries me the most about this issue is this: throughout history, the left has dominated by a) promising gullible people what they wanted to hear; b) extracting wealth, either directly or indirectly, from the productive sectors of the economy, such that the standard of living remains just above what is necessary to avoid revolt (this extracted wealth is not for the gullible people, but rather for the elite themselves); c) use a portion of this stolen wealth to pacify the gullible, and to prevent opposition (the rest they keep for themselves). The left will not change, and their pattern inevitably leads to quite evil things.

As we are on the cusp of an unprecedented drop in marginal costs of production, and an unprecedented drop in the demand for labor, how will this pattern manifest this time? The one thing we can say with certainty is that left, absent any opposition, will not allow the standards of living to rise significantly, at least for common people. And another thing we can say with certainty is that the elite of the left (and their token opposition), will find some way to steal from the people what should have been an unprecedented rise in the standard of living. Finally, we know that the left, especially when enriched and in power, will have no boundaries or compunctions.

This is why conservatives cannot simply allow the left to dominate the field of ideas, when it comes to these changes. They will take good ideas, and turn them into nightmares.