I agree with everything you wrote here! Especially as you described the "robotics" of it all. I just cannot fathom how all these people are so intent on being mindless drones. I understand that there comes a time for some people to be required to work these excessive hours if they have large families to support with multiple cars, properties etc. But society should run based on how much you want. If you want fancy luxuries, working hard for them should be a requirement. But month by month, week by week, day by day, we are seeing the system slowly collapse on itself making it hard for even the average person to make enough money to fund their basic necessities for survival. A basic car, a basic apartment, and groceries/clothing should NOT constitute a 40 hour workweek, in my opinion. Those commodities should be EASILY be obtained within the scope of a 20 hour workweek.

It doesn't help that our system thrives on credit either. How many people out there are driving around in above average cars? Now, how many of those do you think are financing those cars with their cold hard cash? Probably only a small percentage. People want what they can't afford right away which always keeps them spending outside their means. This makes it harder on people like me who just want to lead a simple life, because now a social stigma is created whereby we ALL must work harder and longer.
It all boils down to what each of us want individual. The problem is, like you touched on, society groups all these people together.