But, as I said, if they are really incapable of any possible employment, then they should get treatment and supportive housing.
We live in an age of abundance. Why not allow people to create what they want to create? Art, music, love, good feelings in the community, etc.
Here's a good story on a dystopia & utopia in an age with automated machinery, less jobs, & more overall abundance.
What I am describing is exactly how things work in the U.S. now, except that if you cannot find a job and your benefits run out, the government will give you a job. The free market for all other jobs still exists. You don't have to take a job if you do not want to. The only difference between the current America and my proposal, is that in the current America if you cannot find a job you go without food and shelter, while in my proposal you always have the option of getting a job. I do not know if you are trolling or arguing in bad faith, but I don't know how you guys are spinning this as some prison camp or soviet style thing.
Also the discussion isn't about a comparison with how the US is now. It's about how to deal with a future where much less work is needed.
Suggesting that when humanity finally conquers scarcity, we should institute a mandatory full employment program where people must do unnecessary make-work jobs or face starvation in the streets is a totalitarian nightmare of the most inhumane order.