It is definitely a structural problem with the modern Western post-industrial economy. I don’t pretend to have a solution, but it seems to me that people will tolerate rough working conditions or boring jobs if there is an overall mission or purpose; compare WW2 factory workers to contemporary Amazon workers.
I think that's a much harder comparison than you're giving it credit for. Amazon workers don't all despise their job, and WW2 factory workers who did despise their job would have been a lot less likely to get a platform. Who knows which fraction is really higher?
