What about everyone else in society? What happens if your skill set is no longer in demand and you become one of "everyone else"?

This is obviously the ideal, but we have to operate in reality as it is today while pushing in the direction of the ideal.

We are in a period of resistance, fighting for the next election so we can apply major collective pressure. Then he will be the lamest of ducks.

Yeah, I haven't tried to get an invite, but I enjoy lurking there. Seems like a cool system.

During COVID my company had mandatory days off (I think 14) if you reported any COVID symptoms. Those days were unpaid of course. The cherry on top is the people paid the lowest were the ones who couldn't work from home and were most likely to get COVID. This was pretty common at other places too.