Yes, which is part of the evolution of the economy described in TNG. What's better for your soul - organic farming, massage therapy or pulling a lever in a factory all day.
What's better for your body - eating, or starving? I'm not troubled by the loss of unfulfilling work. I'm troubled by the lack of paid work to replace it.
You went to a communist highschool. Must be BC. The fact of the matter is we sell our minds, hearts and bodies on the market every day and you can't protect people from market forces. Trying to mitigate those forces is the best we can do, but there are limits.
I forget if I was living in BC or Alberta at that point. Regardless, it's true-- most of us start off with only labor (be it service, white-collar, blue-collar, pink-collar, or whatever) as our way of making our way in the world. Hopefully we eventually accumulate enough money that we can earn money by other means-- rent or investment-- but the weakening of labor makes it take longer to reach that point. The boomer retirement slogan Freedom 55, the millennial slogan could be Tombstone 85.
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