I'm down with the points you made in the first three sections but your last point ("That's who we humans are and it's foolish to think we can change that.") is

I'm down with the points you made in the first three sections but your last point ("That's who we humans are and it's foolish to think we can change that.") is needlessly cynical. Attitudes toward work have changed immeasurably in the last 500 years and they will continue to change––if you haven't read it you should check out Weber (or just read the wiki page on the Protestest Ethic lol).