> Whoever is in charge could try to drag those people back into the real world by force

But why would you even want that? They like it in the simulation, and nobody really wants to deal with them outside the simulation.

Because if they check out into the simulation then the people formerly above them are now the lowest on the totem pole and maybe they dont want that.

	▲	creata 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		They've already "checked out" in reality (NEETs, etc.) but they're still "lowest on the totem pole". The people who feel superior to them seem content to do so from afar, to belittle them from the comfort of social media.