Except that in the long-term endgame of automation, capitalism (or, to be more precise and less labelly, the private ownership of the vast majority of capital in the hands of a minority) really is the problem. I&#x27;ve expanded on this a bit more here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10369466" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10369466</a><p>That said, this is a discussion about the <i>endgame</i> of automation. In the current state of affairs, I absolutely agree with you that the unreflected &quot;down with capitalism&quot; one occasionally hears is counter-productive. You just <i>also</i> have to be aware that the endgame of automation is quite likely a qualitative change instead of only a quantitative one, and will require some serious re-thinking of economic models.