The other 99% is even more dependent on the machine than the top 1%. They can build themselves reinforced bunkers, just in case. What is your plan if, say, the food distribution infrastructure breaks down?

Does that sound like an extremely unlikely outcome? Back in 2008, we came within hours of credit cards stopping working. Projections say that if credit cards stop working, food distribution breaks down. Mass hunger is not far behind that. And there is nothing like mass hunger to destroy a society.

Esoteric problems in financial markets have real world consequences. We've gone nearly a century since the last real demonstration of that. Don't discount the possibility that the next demonstration will be within your lifetime. And in our more interconnected world, it's likely to be a lot worse.

Being able to punish and control others, especially sexual exploitation, is a huge part of the draw. You need lots of slaves for that.

Top 1% are too divorced from the real world to have ever seen a cog.

If the "cogs of the machine" freeze up and economy tanks the top 1% will be fine. You might not be.

Isn't that what AI and robots are intended to be for? As for the customers, B2B could still work.