Has anyone considered the option of throwing one's assets in some form of trust (managed by a trustee you can actually trust--which might be easier said than done), jumping off the 'producer' paradigm (pulling the cart) and jumping onto the dole like everyone else (in the cart) ? Enjoying the benefit of assets divorced from yourself (but you still get to use) yet being indigent on paper (and as far as any taxing authorities might consider).
"The system" has been confiscating the fruits of my labor for years. Perhaps it's time to figure out a scheme to cash in. Be my own boss and work for myself. They made this puzzle; let them figure out how to solve it. Perhaps developing the skill to figure out how to do this would be the greatest skill of all.