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Not a difficult question to answer. Look around you to other countries and situations to understand what happens when jobs disappear.

You either run a welfare state model (Scandinavia, Switzerland) where you guarantee everyone a comfortable minimum lifestyle and support or you implode in civil war that removes the ruling class (Arab Spring nations)

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Considering the fact that the "welfare state model" is Socialism, I'm guessing here in the US we're going to go with the second option eventually.

Socialism does not necessarily mean welfare state or vice versa, unless you strictly define socialism as being any government service offered that could potentially be offered by a private firm.

We are socialists as long as we use tax dollars to pay for public police officers and firefighters.

Is it still technically socialism if the public servants answer only to the ruling class, and are almost completely unaccountable to anyone else?

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