[pessimizer]

If we don't need their work because productivity is so high, then forever. If we do need their work, we should funnel them into the training they need to do it.

[djbebs]

What right do they have to the sweat of my brow?

What's in it for me to sustain those who provide nothing of use?

[chitowneats]

"Let the chips fall where they may" is exactly how we got here. You can't just "retrain" millions of people to be software engineers.

Again with the utopianism.