> our civilization is mature enough to abandon the concept of having to work to be able to live
Or at least make the concept universal. It's been alive and well for the ruling classes for centuries.
Or at least make the concept universal. It's been alive and well for the ruling classes for centuries.
But that's all irrelevant in any case, because the issue in question here wasn't working or not-working, but having to work to be permitted to live. Most of us have to. The ruling classes don't.