That everyone needs to keep working to keep the economy going isn’t some law of physics. If the people producing agree to keep producing everyone can get what they need. Atleast in theory.
this is the important realization from this time. This whole thing is made up - we can organize society around a model that isn't based on forcing people to work a (many times useless) job in order to eat food and sleep somewhere.
You’d think that’s obvious. But even with this pandemic making it almost crystal clear this seems too hard to accept for most people. Capitalism is almost a religion at this point.
You're going to get a depression. You have to have people that can afford to purchase those items that are produced.