People had increased freedom to move upwards in the society, and also to suffer if jobs were not available. Right livelihood is the most common term used to express the desire people have to make a living in ways which satisfy themselves and respect ecological necessities. It expresses the desire to find work for which individuals are competent and where their skills contribute to something worthwhile. The philosophy of right livelihood does not imply that all of life will be enjoyable. No form of work is pure pleasure.
All activities are boring and frustrating at times.
The goal, however, should be to ensure that round pegs are placed in round holes and that people learn, as they are growing up, not to expect Utopia. It also implies that no group or class should be freed from doing the toil of the culture. I recognize that the goal of right livelihood will appear unrealistic to many. Sceptics will doubt that people could manage this much responsibility for themselves. But the current economic decay will only be reversed if we move beyond the industrial control models which now suppress imagination and enthusiasm.