There is a lot to write about the Rambam z"l, but it's "kedei" to learn what the Rambam would think of a society that refuses to work and instead has a policy that everyone must sit and learn!
משנה תורה, הלכות תלמוד תורה ג׳
כָּל הַמֵּשִׂים עַל לִבּוֹ שֶׁיַּעֲסֹק בַּתּוֹרָה וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה מְלָאכָה וְיִתְפַּרְנֵס מִן הַצְּדָקָה הֲרֵי זֶה חִלֵּל
אֶת הַשֵּׁם וּבִזָּה אֶת הַתּוֹרָה וְכִבָּה מֵאוֹר הַדָּת וְגָרַם רָעָה לְעַצְמוֹ וְנָטַל חַיָּיו מִן הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא.
לְפִי שֶׁאָסוּר לֵהָנוֹת מִדִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה.
אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים (משנה אבות ד ה) "כָּל הַנֶּהֱנֶה מִדִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה נָטַל חַיָּיו מִן הָעוֹלָם".
וְעוֹד צִוּוּ וְאָמְרוּ (משנה אבות ד ה) "אַל תַּעֲשֵׂם עֲטָרָה לְהִתְגַּדֵּל בָּהֶן וְלֹא קַרְדֹּם לַחְפֹּר בָּהֶן".
וְעוֹד צִוּוּ וְאָמְרוּ (משנה אבות א י) "אֱהֹב אֶת הַמְּלָאכָה וּשְׂנָא אֶת הָרַבָּנוּת", (משנה אבות ב ב) "וְכָל תּוֹרָה שֶׁאֵין עִמָּהּ מְלָאכָה סוֹפָהּ בְּטֵלָה וְגוֹרֶרֶת עָוֹן".
וְסוֹף אָדָם זֶה שֶׁיְּהֵא מְלַסְטֵם אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת
Anyone who sets it in his heart to engage only in Torah study and not work, and to support himself through charity — this person profanes the Name, disgraces the Torah, extinguishes the light of religion, brings harm upon himself, and forfeits his share in the World to Come.
For it is forbidden to derive benefit from words of Torah in this world.
The Sages said (Avot 4:5): “Anyone who benefits from words of Torah removes his life from the world.”
They also commanded and said (Avot 4:5): “Do not make them (the words of Torah) a crown with which to magnify yourself, nor a spade with which to dig.”
And they further commanded and said (Avot 1:10): “Love work and hate authority,” and (Avot 2:2): “Any Torah that is not accompanied by work will ultimately cease and leads to sin.”
And the end of such a person is that he will become a burden upon others.
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