> However, it is human tendency to base satisfaction and happiness RELATIVE to others Yea I thought that historically inequality has lead to violent uprisings

> However, it is human tendency to base satisfaction and happiness RELATIVE to others Yea I thought that historically inequality has lead to violent uprisings due to general resentment and anger, but the article seemed to imply that the elites collapse because they still implicitly need people to be willing to work for them, and that's less true with automation. I wasn't thinking abundance at all. Frankly the term "collapse of the elites due to absence of labor" is pretty vague.