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by pygy_ 3378 days ago
Another way to look at it: how do you expect people with zero economic power to be able to afford even a robotic servant?

Social security is beneficial to capitalism right now because people still have economic power. Paying a small portion of the people to stay idle home rather than become criminal makes society as a whole more productive. What happens when the productivity of most humans isn't needed anymore to keep the machines running?

What incentives does the market have to keep people alive when they don't serve it anymore?