Unless the poor cause global warming with their bonfires and that inconveniences the rich. In that case...they will kill the poor.
Unless the poor cause global warming with their bonfires and that inconveniences the rich. In that case...they will kill the poor.
I think it would be too depressing to have all these ghost towns and stuff - how would you explain that to your kids? That they're robot towns? Unaliving 50-80% under tragic circumstances like plagues and wars on the other hand...
And as an aside, the naturally rebalancing effect after the black death which killed 1/3 of Europe was that workers were suddenly in higher demand and could negotiate much improved workers' rights, ending serfdom. Such an effect won't be possible when there's something replacing the workers...