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Social contract. If we did the actual logical thing and allowed 40% of the population to sit around at home and do nothing, the remaining workers (midwits) would start raging at the percieved unfairness. Look at how much normgroids already seethe at NEETs and anti-work communities.

Freakonomics did a good episode on the subject:
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-do-people-do-all-day/