Those folks don't deserve to have meaningful work, if they want it?
Which percentage of society should be permanently alienated from ownership and engagement, and who decides?
Which percentage of society should be permanently alienated from ownership and engagement, and who decides?
And it's a valid point! If people really are choosing not to take jobs that are readily available, then automating those jobs is a net benefit.
Now, we should not ignore the fact that this is stated as a hypothetical! Are there a mass of unemployed who are choosing not to work? And would all of the people who lose their jobs due to burger flipping automation be able to find new jobs or be happy with no job?
Those seem like the more relevant questions.