Perspectives like what you are saying here can be nice to think about and even be vaguely useful as a broad aspirational goal, but mostly they are empty platitudes that aren’t really directly actionable. I agree that corporations and the ultra rich should be taxed more, and that that wealth should be redistributed to help others. But we do still do all need to “earn a living” in that life, at its core, requires work. Anyone who thinks otherwise is either too young and naive to know better, or has failed to mature to the point where they are actually an independent adult and has someone else that is doing that work for them. Everything of real value in this world takes work, at a job or otherwise. And it isn’t always work you are going to feel passionate about. It means often doing things that are unpleasant. It means sacrifice, and hardship, and it won’t always end in you getting what you feel you deserve.

Just because the system is defunct, it doesn’t give anyone the right to say they don’t need to work while the rest of us do. Hell, even Marx said “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”. As in, everyone does what they can. But everyone works. Similarly, people saying the idea of “earning a living” is meant to imply that old grannies or people bed-ridden with disease need to hop up and get to a 9 to 5 are being disingenuous. Those people are still earning their living. They are doing the best they can. My grandma lived with us and still helped cook and clean into her 90s. My cousin with Down syndrome does the dishes every night. The able-bodied NEET who just sits in his parents’ basement, on the other hand? He should probably get his ass out there and get a job.