That type of feudalism isn't sustainable in a world with increasing automation. A better model would be slavery in Rome immiserating both the slaves (obviously)

That type of feudalism isn't sustainable in a world with increasing automation. A better model would be slavery in Rome immiserating both the slaves (obviously) and the people who used to work the land, but on a far larger scale. Speaking of the implications of service robots, Hans Moravec once said, "Perhaps governments will decide they no longer need citizens." Which is unlikely. But the truth in that statement is more and more people's survival will depend on the sympathy (rather than self-interest) of the rich and the politicians whose bridles they hold.