"the upcoming automation of large sectors of the economy and the resulting unemployment"
That's a natural consequence of absurdly running society by the law of value, with an enemy class tying up all of the means of production. We just need an intelligent alternative, and if that's called socialism, then that is what is coming. The alternative is more of the massive wars and crisis characteristic of capitalism.
Rethinkig Marxism: Alan Freeman 2 of 2 "How Did 1929 End?"
