[Nasrudith]

The purpose of work is to do something useful as well. Makework is even more unnatural which is what automatable jobs being kept for the sake of employment only are. That level of waste mounting isn't good for living well as it calls for what is essentially wasted resources and lifetimes.

The true issue is adaptability or lack of it in an economy. The replaced should be doing something actually useful but that process is less than straightforward.