yes, my antennae honed in on that Vietnam comment as well...ramifications....
My gut says we'll see these very soon as personal helpers in supermarkets, etc. who are soothingly kind --and because people are so starved for actual interaction/service, (and/or entrained to the strange kind of Walmartism of store personnel, we (well,'they') will be drawn in, hooked you might say, before being aware that the one helping is not human. And then, even if they don't like the idea, it'll be like dissing a puppy. First, get the millions hooked on "cute", and then sell them some of their own medicine, so to speak. Insidious indeed.
Yes, the earthquakes and so forth are criminal... Only Love can fill -and then some! the shocking abyss that gets left when this whole mechanistic world-as-stage starts to come undone, and the veils get torn. I really feel for people who are not standing in the light in their heart of hearts. Tough times for so many.