[owenmarshall]

Fun soliloquy - I guess I'll play along.

> What do you think "government benefits" are?

Broadly speaking, the transfer of some good from the government to its citizens. Today we talk about it in terms of essentials (food, shelter, etc.) But in a world where most (if not all) tasks are handled by automatons, perhaps that's too reductive.

> Who created them? Are they extracted from a mine? Built by a machine? Contributed by working men?

Today you & I; perhaps tomorrow, not so much!