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by nerdponx 2807 days ago
We can't manage it until we remove employment as the sole condition for access to basic services like healthcare. We also need to ensure that people are able to retrain themselves if/when their job becomes obsolete.
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> We can't manage it until we remove employment as the sole condition for access to basic services like healthcare

Many countries don't have that limitation.

The rest of the world _has_ worked this first point out. The US is close enough to the only developed country that ties healthcare to employment.

The second point is a given in the more socialised parts of Europe, and is a core tenet of most support programs for the involuntarily unemployed elsewhere.

Which is to say; I don't get your point. Sounds like everywhere but the US could do this right now.