Economic practices are not set in stone and the ones we currently employ and support are not that old and are obviously not working. They need to change, with the incentive pushed away from passivity and into human activity.
It's so bad that we're allowing a system we created to eat through us. The government is also party to what is going on. Because it's obvious that some big guys are winning alone in all these, they see their bank statements and the huge numbers pumping in yet just few people are employed through them, yet they let them off the hook.
I like that you're seeing this hidden facts. We need to do better, channel money into what improves our lives as humans, the things that bring in more value for the masses not just a few wealthy individuals who are hiding under the cover of technology to amass so much for themselves.
Technology should better our lives, not put us in bondage.