The strongest objection
People find meaning in relationships, creativity, faith, discovery, and play as well as paid work. If technology reduced scarcity and compulsory labor, more people could pursue those activities. A world with less economic necessity does not logically imply that every life becomes empty.
Why the concern remains
Material provision and self-government are separate achievements. People can receive comfortable living conditions while having little influence over the institutions that provide them. If humans become unnecessary to production, security, and decision-making, they could lose sources of bargaining power that currently support their demands.
W360's concern is about that structural dependence. Who controls access to the abundance? Can people refuse the provider's conditions? Can communities choose a different direction and maintain the services needed to pursue it? A promise of generous distribution does not answer those questions.
Purpose also includes the experience of making a contribution that matters to others. Some forms of meaning might flourish after automation; others could be diminished if human participation becomes ceremonial or entirely optional to those with power. The effects would vary across people and institutions.
The hinge of disagreement
Can a society preserve durable human authority and valued contribution when its essential functions no longer require human participation? The site asks advocates of abundance to explain the institutions and practical enforcement that would secure those conditions. Higher consumption alone would not establish that people still govern their future.