If people have no work one should not replace them with machines. But if machines make work easier and more productive for the workforce without making them redundant, then one should use them. People are more important than things. People are more important than what they produce. They are worth more than the actual wage they receive.
People are more than a figure on a balance sheet.
People cannot be equated with their economic usefulness. People are the entire purpose of all our economic activity. If they are not served by the economy, then the entire economy does not serve any purpose. Population and Poverty Strong pressure groups from overseas, through their local representatives, tell us that the first thing Zimbabweans must do is to have fewer children. Women of child-bearing age are considered dangerous to society.