@jehu Living labour can be replaced by fixed labour, but this then creates a problem for the pilots of the accumulation machine. The surplus population outside of Capital needs to be prevented from re-entering or meddling with the process, so this requires a growing control society in order for homeostasis to happen.

In the simplest case this could mean eliminationism, but that's high risk since there is no assurance against Capital destruction or even Capital overthrow. More likely is a strategy of containment.