Why would they want to kill off their own army? The only people who worship them? Automation is incapable of providing for them in even the lifestyles they have right now, never mind the ones their god promised them. They need those slaves.
Yeah, they need some slaves, but not all of them. Above all, they need those slaves to be obedient. So, the plan seems to be: cull most and put the rest under strict digital control. Say, reduce population by some 90% and make everyone else into a literal biorobot without any free will to speak of, thus dividing human race into two absolutely incompatible castes - almost like two separate species - small in numbers, but very powerful ruler caste and larger in numbers, but totally controlled slave caste.
Why would they want to kill off their own army? The only people who worship them? Automation is incapable of providing for them in even the lifestyles they have right now, never mind the ones their god promised them. They need those slaves.
Yeah, they need some slaves, but not all of them. Above all, they need those slaves to be obedient. So, the plan seems to be: cull most and put the rest under strict digital control. Say, reduce population by some 90% and make everyone else into a literal biorobot without any free will to speak of, thus dividing human race into two absolutely incompatible castes - almost like two separate species - small in numbers, but very powerful ruler caste and larger in numbers, but totally controlled slave caste.