The CCC during the Great Depression put millions to work and they built some amazing and lasting infrastructure. As a kid I would go to Skyline Drive in Shenandoah Nat. Park and be amazed and thankful at the work they did. Didn't seem so dystopian to me.

I did not say it had to be the government. We as a society need to define what a life not centered around work really looks like and how it fits in.