I think most not-employed people fall into categories like these: - People too young to be in employment. - People too old to be in employment. - People with

I think most not-employed people fall into categories like these: - People too young to be in employment. - People too old to be in employment. - People with illnesses or disabilities that make employment difficult or impossible. - People who don't have skills that anyone wants to pay them for. These people are not aristocrats, for sure, but most of them will not be highly effective working for love as opposed to working for money. Also, being poor can be exhausting. Someone who isn't employed and isn't an aristocrat is likely to have a lot of their mental energy taken up with surviving, which again is likely to make them less able to do wonderful things working for love. Important note: of course all the above is "most", "likely", etc.; there will be exceptions. Some school-age people are geniuses. Some retired people still have plenty of energy and focus. Some people have illnesses or disabilities that make ordinary jobs impossible but can still do great things if they can do the work on their own time and on their own terms. Some people have skills that others would pay them for if the others had any sense but for whatever reason don't sell themselves well. Etc., etc., etc. But, proportionally, there are going to be fewer people suited to create great things while not employed among that 42% than among the aristocrats of an earlier age. (Or of this age.) Another important note: Of course the starving artist or writer is something of a cliche, so it was never all aristocrats who were creating great things outside the constraints of paid employment.