Perhaps my point wasn’t clear. Work is power. It’s not the only kind of power (military is another one) but it’s a kind of power. There’s leverage from being ab

Perhaps my point wasn’t clear. Work is power. It’s not the only kind of power (military is another one) but it’s a kind of power. There’s leverage from being able to withdraw that labor, and collective leverage from a class of people doing that. The situation I’m describing is a concentrated alignment of military power and economic power. Those who own the machines will also have the backing of the State, which has a legal monopoly on violence. Almost everyone will be excluded from this ruling class, and will be at the mercy of them. It’s happened before. Many of the Luddite leaders were publicly executed after destroying factory machines.