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Exactly, you have to rely on the "charity" of the Capitalists, which is going to be the worst gamble anyone made since the last time we tried to assume humans wouldn't be greedy and grab all the resources and power for themselves.

These couch dwellers, what are they going to do to protest? They can't strike; if they're completely sedentary then they probably can't even protest without having a heart attack; cut off their VR or sugar-pump for 5 minutes and you can probably get any sort of compliance you want.

Our only hope is that the great rolling balls of flab that develop from these sedentary couch-dwellers who exist only to consume HFCS mixed with palm-oil in a satisfying soup of flavourings, and consume the latest immersive media, can't procreate and the problem sorts itself out. Though I fear we'll be using artificial wombs and the like and so manage to remove any reproductive pressure that might push our race back on course.