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> As I see it, it should go something like this: automation scales to the point where it’s pushing people out of jobs. This scares the working class. It gives them a real reason to go out and force change...

The biggest problem with that idea is that it's highly likely that the working class will wait to take action until long after they've lost the power to succeed at anything they try.

We've already had analogous waves of job losses (e.g. due to NAFTA, the China shock), what happened then? Forget going out an forcing change, the working class lost a lot of their leverage (e.g. factory owner to the workers: give us concessions or we'll move the factory to Mexico more quickly).

A reaction is insufficient. A proactive response is the only thing that can succeed, but that's very hard with a decentralized group like "the working class."