I think you are conflating two different ideas. The first being that automation destroys jobs, that has been disproven. But automation does increase productivit

I think you are conflating two different ideas. The first being that automation destroys jobs, that has been disproven. But automation does increase productivity to the point of one person being able to do the work of ten or a hundred. Meaning that we don't have scarcity the same way we used to. Logically this increase in productivity would lead to a decrease in working hours-- but as the comment you are replying to says, our economy is a pyramid scheme. We aren't able to fully benefit from the increase in productivity because of the pursuit of infinite growth.