but I have no doubts that they will try to do it again...

Now that they got the taste for it, and probably loving the power that comes with it, they will probably try to find other pretexts in the future.

I don't think they could have kept going this time because that would have crushed the world economy. But once more jobs get automated...

That's not a bad idea...

Haha, thanks! Not so original my idea, lol.