That's because we humans designed a crappy system. Based on scarcity. Not paying the ones enough who really contribute (why's a manager worth more than a plumber?) And let's stop the discussion about men and women. Plumbers are the men, traditionally, yes. And the nurses have been the women. I think our whole designing a new system has to be about the unsung heroes. Both...
And the industries can really do better too. They give us products combined with loads of pollution and waste. We can do that much better too. Luckily a lot of people are working on that too...
Unsung heroes and heroines who are aligning human systems with natural systems now...