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Right, and I'd agree with that sentiment. I didn't get the sense the OP was even necessarily arguing about addressing that, but was simply expressing his own expectations within the system as it exists today. (As someone who would advocate your more progressive argument, I necessarily have to acknowledge the shortcomings in modern employment that would beg such unfortunately pragmatic preparations/thought experiments)

Maybe this is being pedantic, but I'd split this into two discussions. Might there not be reasonable and justafiable firings that may skew older? And secondly, Should we have other systems in play such that the former isn't such a life-shaking event?

Edit: Another note, but I find myself additionally sad after reading your post, because while I'd like it to be true that "most people don't like the idea ...", the last N years of labor/union/corporate/antitrust legislation (or lack thereof, especially post-gig-economy) don't lend confidence towards that. This is yet another reason I think there's merit towards contemplating the nature of the systems in place currently, and what "smells"/emergent patterns those systems have.