#Drones will cause an upheaval of society like we haven’t seen in 700 years - Quartz
▻http://qz.com/185945/drones-are-about-to-upheave-society-in-a-way-we-havent-seen-in-700-years
The day that robot armies become more cost-effective than human infantry is the day when People Power becomes obsolete. With robot armies, the few will be able to do whatever they want to the many. And unlike the tyrannies of Stalin and Mao, robot-enforced tyranny will be robust to shifts in popular opinion. The rabble may think whatever they please, but the Robot Lords will have the guns.
Forever.
Where this scenario really gets scary is when it combines with economic #inequality.