I also think it is counterproductive for each to try to think the way proposed. The market gets cheap expert consultants without the higher medical costs that come with the time it took to create them and still bringing down the wages of new workers. The workers are collectively screwed because they competed on strategies rather than collectively bargaining.

If I end up a well paid consultant in my retirement, then I just sold even more of my life away for the garbage the market produces to justify endless competition. I really only need my portion of the basics, like every other worker.