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by csense 3849 days ago
Yes, eventually [1] we should reach a utopia where robots produce all the food, clothing and shelter needed so that 100% of humanity can play video games or watch Netflix all day, and still survive and have at least what's today thought of as an upper-lower-class to lower-middle-class lifestyle.

But if we have to go through intermediate point where 50% of humanity needs to be on the job to keep the lights on and the other 50% can live the life of leisure, how do we decide who's in which 50% without dangerous social upheavals?

[1] Assuming we don't kill ourselves or get sent back to the stone age with nuclear weapons or AI run amok.