Certainly there will be a portion of incomes having to go towards the servicing and upkeep of machines. However, in proportion, I feel it will be a much smaller amount.
And do not forget, there is a lot of stuff over the next couple of decades that will end up in a non-physical form. We saw this with music, video, and communication. We are going to see it with a lot more.
So while we will realize a great technological march, we are also going to see a lot of things pushed down to near zero marginal cost.
All this combined makes it hard for those countries to compensate for the big loss in population.
After all a few robotic parts does not make up for the loss of not buying a home since a couple does not exist.
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