The problem of "but my pointless job!" Always has the second part missing, which is "the economy is down a payng job and the displaced family still needs food on the table". If the government offered to meet people's basic needs in these situations (no, the current unemployment system is not sufficient), I bet the complaints would stop.

Hell, I bet the Luddites from back in the day wouldn't have minded the technological progress if they had their needs met otherwise.