It's largely a crisis of meaning and purpose. As the machines churn out more and more of the essential things we need to live, and as we need fewer and fewer h

It's largely a crisis of meaning and purpose. As the machines churn out more and more of the essential things we need to live, and as we need fewer and fewer humans to keep the machines running, we're left with an overabundance of humans who don't know how to live without a job driving them. I think a lot of people miss that the Great Depression wasn't just about economic breakdown. People were literally depressed and society seemed aimless. It wasn't FDR's social programs that broke us out of that. It was kicking ass in WWII and emerging the victorious badasses ruling the world. THAT is what broke the spell of depression and injected vigor in American society.