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I think this reflects your social bubble. I seriously doubt "most people" are interested laboring as artisans hours every day. Left to their devices without the need to work, they would just consume.

> most people work stupid jobs because they can't afford there risk of doing what they actually want

Again this projects some kind of strong desire for a specialized low-demand sort of work on the greater population. This is a fantasy.

Work is a vector for people to contribute to society and participate in it, allows them to find validation, to compete (if they so choose). Whether a job is "stupid" is a rationalization that betrays the fact that there is demand for it. At best, it can be unenjoyable, but most people don't "hate" their job. Arguably people have stronger feelings about commute time, which is a greater reflection of faults in city planning.