Achieving FIRE is relatively rare and privileged situation. Many families have non-negotiable expenses, particularly around healthcare. Even for those who don't, going lean will be a huge shock and a downgrade in quality of life. It's only reasonable such people will object. Much like I myself could survive on 20% of my income, but I wouldn't be happy about it being forced on me.

> Automatic sending wealth to capital instead of labor is another issue, perhaps better viewed as capital ownership being centralized as the actual problem.

That's the underlying issue. Not the fault of automation per se, but of the thing that drives it. It serves to highlight my point: anti-automation arguments aren't really about automation itself.