Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25555436-20150805173109

We all know how Atlas is the most technologically advanced kingdom in Remnant, at least given current info. They have an army of robots, mechs, highly-advanced warships and jets. Their numbers reach the thousands if not the hundreds of thousands, and each is more effective than a simple, human soldier, except probably people with great experience, whose numbers keep lowering as more and more robots replace the soldiers.

Obviously, they also use robots in more civil tasks. While Atlas was a militaristic nation, only an idiot would ignore the oportunity to make robots for non-war-related tasks. And considering Atlas's technological advancements, whoever is in charge, I doubt (s)he's an idiot.

However, there is one thing we haven't wondered: Humanity. In Atlas, human labour is slowly, progressively being abandoned in favor of the more superior, easily replaceable, and more effective all-around robots. They can keep going forever, they never complain, and they don't have as many physical limitations as humans do. So, where would this leave humanity?

Normally, this would incite rebellions, and create luddites, people who despise machines, for the simple fact that robots and machines would leave many human workers jobless, and without a job you can't feed your family or yourself. But there's a solution to this: Cyberethics.

Basically, not replace humans. Instead, use, embrace cybernetic implants and augmentations, to make said humans have the same, or nearly the same general effectiveness, as their robots. No one would be replaced, everyone would be more effective in nearly every area, especially the Hunters, there are only advantages here.

Now, some of you may say "bullshit, transhumanism is wrong >:c", but such ignorancy is irrelevant here. Especially since Atlas wouldn't think it's wrong. Atlas is a society almost-entirely dependant on technology in one way or another. As such, their people is a lot more tolerant on technological advancements, and more accepting of it. As such, while the idea of becoming androids or cyborgs may scare some of you, the idea of becoming such things won't bother them. In fact, they could even like it, knowing it's advantages.

If somehow the people of Atlas praise technology at a cultural or even religious level, then all the more they would choose the augmentations. But that part is just assumption.

This would explain why Atlas still has human soldiers. They are more than human, and as such they shouldn't be replaced, or at the least are still effective enough to not need to be replaced.

Long story short, with this theory I'm proposing that the people of Atlas, are androids or cyborgs more than humans. Now, opinions, hand them over. 