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>most airplane pilots will be dead
There were no airplane pilots 140 years ago
>most ships’ captains will be dead
Sailing is pretty straightforward.
>most truckers will be dead
We don't need trucks
>most public transit drivers will be dead
You can always walk or ride a bicycle
>most utilities’ workers will be dead
Digging a well is not a big job.
>most engineers will be dead
You can learn 90 % of engineering from Archimedes
>most teachers will be dead
Not a big deal. Teaching basic skills and reading is not that demanding. The rest is taken care of by books and practice.
>most tradesmen will be dead
"Ooga, I give chicken, you gib wood, deal?"
>most of the military will be dead
No need for a military, maybe a militia at best
>most policemen will be dead
No need for policemen, because in small communities crime is nonexistent, and few criminals are butchered by the villagers.
>most emergency personnel will be dead
No need for emergency personnel
>most mailmen will be dead
Anyone can be a courier
>most doctors will be dead
Medical knowledge exists in books. Avoid getting injured, if you do, tough luck.
>most retail workers will be dead
Where do you need them? Just start your own shop.
>most priests will be dead
New holy men will arise inevitably to tell a mythology of the great plague and the new lost Atlantis

It seems to me that you want to preserve the dystopian status quo, as if it's worth preserving. You don't actually want to rebuilt a society and a community, just this same binary machine.