I used to play a similar game I believe it was called something along the lines of santa fia machia? Anyone know it? I can't find it but was similar with grain and rats and whatnot
So the author can't conceive of a situation where a scientist can use AI to reduce his busy work by 4 hours a day? He's the one that sounds stupid here.
Karl Marx died 40 years before fascism was invented so I would be surprised if he said anything at all about it. Fascism is just repackaged marxism anyways with more nationalism.