“You should account for that.” Yes, that's precisely the point. How are you accounting for the people you accept will inevitably be poor?

You've read an endorsement of authoritarianism into a comment about how power operates regardless of who's wielding it in the modern era. Having your livelihood dictated by whoever owns the machines doesn't magically become freedom because they're a private company. And telling people poverty is optional becomes a fairly empty answer when the work they're supposed to escape it through is being automated.