Its hilarious too, because suddenly they all have these massively deep philosophical and ethical stands against automation and the loss of work from it.

Yet their entire lives are built upon people who already suffered that, but it wasn't them and was in the past so they don't care. I'm a woodworker by hobby, and 200 years ago I could have had an entire career off my okay skills before the EVIL AND OPPRESSIVE advancements of technology made it mostly obsolete by building 400 sets of shelves by the time the glue dries on my first one.