WFH needs to die. You couldn’t do this in Europe, I think.
Regardless, see my other reply [0] in this thread for the actual scenario that I had in mind, which can likely be accomplished without any economic armageddon.
That would be a bit extreme wouldn't it? So no more freelance developers?
But to be honest I was thinking more about relatively simple works of art. Books, comics, and songs, are typically made by a handful of people, often a single one; these processes should be completely excluded from WFH, since the final product is evidently and inextricably linked to the authors’ own skills and names. (Movies are more complicated, but credits in that area are strictly defined by unions and vigorously enforced.)
This is the problem I have with this anti-capitalism rhetoric. There's nothing to stop people forming worker owned cooperatives, creator owned companies, etc if they want. In fact some people do exactly that and can be very successful, so clearly the regulatory framework isn't inimical to that sort of organisation. It's a perfectly legal ownership structure. So go and do it, and let the rest of us exercise our freedoms to do otherwise if we choose.
The real point remains: WFH in certain fields of endeavour is patently ripe for abuse. Or are you sincerely happy with the way DC Comics treated Simon and Schuster? Or the way Marvel treated Jack Kirby? Or, to get back on the issue of the day, what Disney is now doing to Mr. Foster?