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There's a huge gulf between what this comic says (essentially housing, a basic human necessity) should be free, and what you're attacking (everything is free). One of those is ABSOLUTELY doable. We live in a world of gross excess, if we stop arguing over how to kill people more efficiently, stop worrying about printing more money, we could give people a small home. Of course someone still has to pay/work for it, no one's stupid lol.
Even if it's a "shoebox apartment" it's better than streets. It's one of the basic requirements for life. And who's to say that provided home has to be your only option?
Honestly, even if we replaced current employment with a 10-year indentured servitude contract with a guaranteed 1000 sq. ft. home and free utilities and maintenance for the rest of your life, that'd still be better than what we have now in a lot of ways.
People only like the system we're in because it provides the illusion of choice, not actual choices.