Thus The Wall Street Journal today. “They are nimbler, lighter, and work better with humans,” explains the newspaper. “And they might even help bring manufacturing back to the US.” The second sentence of the byline says it all. Perhaps it says a bit too much, too. Capital left the States in search of cheaper labor, which it found in a number of developing countries, such as China and India, but some of these countries in time turned into yet another problem for capital. Thus the robotic revolution. The only question is what to do with the unemployed in the States. One way or another, millions will need to be fed and clad and housed by the state. This will perforce mean higher taxes. The robotic revolution has a chance if and only if capital is ready to pay the idle labor for nothing at all. Sooner or later, entertainment will be needed, as well, for the new generation of the unemployed is liable to turn awkward, and maybe even rebellious, without fun and games. Ancient Rome comes to mind at once…