More Words, Deeper Hole

Oh, and Anderson also believed that automation would result in mass unemployment; the answer to which was either a welfare state or the liquidation of the surplus masses, both of which the author found repugnant.
It's rather depressing how many authors of that era the second part of that statement distinguishes Anderson from, to his credit.

I'm quite fond of The Star Fox, but never read this one. From your review, I can't imagine it's on the same level as Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said or The Inverted World, both of which I'd say gave The Dispossessed a run for its Hugo.