from TFA:"...the possibility that you can end up with job security and retirement attached to it is statistically diminishing over time. The American dream doesn't have to be dead, but it is dying. All the resources and assets are available to make it real. It's just that we have a huge distribution problem. Unions and the government used to play an important part at the top of the market, but this is less true today. The market completely distributes toward those at the top. Unions simply aren't as effective in terms of their impact on the economy, and government has been somewhat on the sidelines in recent years..."
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/10/17/2036210/slashdot-asks-do-we-need-to-plan-for-a-future-without-jobs-and-should-we-resort-to-universal-basic-income