[wallacoloo]

In any case, government-assisted income might not be in the interests of larger corporations, because they're essentially the ones paying for it. But I don't know. Perhaps at some point all this consolidation will begin to reverse. If the tools to manufacture goods became accessible to cities, and then smaller communities, and eventually individuals (I.e. fabrication at home), coupled with the service industry largely being replaced by robotics, then this could solve many of these issues.

In fact, it would seem that things like home fabrication become more capable as robotics become more advanced and inexpensive. So maybe workforce consolidation will directly lead to this.

Or, more likely, this is just wishful thinking.