Why focus national re-employability and returning workers to incomes, to predominantly slave employment compliant to colossal organisations preferred over small nimble setups?
To ensure long-term survivability and sustainability of local talents, independent self-employment and solo-preneurs collaborating in synergy within a flat-hierarchy network would have optimised even a small island nation with a respectable state presence globally…
… ??? !!! … Ah, I see! You need big-pocket bosses to squeeze social-security revenue from, for many their salaried hires, from which they can be further consumption-taxed to protect for their ageing state welfare…
Clever and going obsolescent.
I saw a video recently discussing the pros and cons of governments providing a Universal Income, as CEOs have been underrepresenting how many people are currently being replaced and even more will be replaced in the future by AI. Your vignette reminds me of how UI must be implemented in order for people to meet their basic needs in a time of technological advancement.